Author: Kevin “Pigeon” Montes
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When I first heard “Million Dollar Baby” by Tommy Richman, the intrigue was there, specifically in the production, this electro-R&B groove that captivates you more than the lyrics can. Fortunately, you’ll be hooked by the vocals and funk. Unfortunately, his debut album Coyote doesn’t move the needle from the single. It’s an outwardly intriguing sound…
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Smitten by Pale Waves is a return to the sound that hooked me; however, it doesn’t have blazing power chords or crazy synths to emphasize certain genre complexions, instead allowing it to feel naturally unwound to match the album’s focus. Pale Waves delivers poignant and potent lyrics that sway from the angsty pop-punk nature of…
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When Blu and Exile connect for an album, I expect something fantastic; each time it has delivered on those expectations, including their latest album, Love (The) Ominous World. Conceptually it’s an homage to Los Angeles through a lens showcasing his life on the come-up, expressing what made him the rapper he is. It’s not all…
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Oversaturation is a thing, and though there are different sets of standards based on the artists and the degrees of expectancy, some can be seen as more negative than most. You’d more likely hear about Drake flooding the market with too much music, than that of Curren$y or Crimeapple, for example. It’s a double standard…
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Having been described as an Alice In Wonderland due to her artistic quirkiness, Dora Jar has been one to surprise with each release, showcasing more of what happens inside her head. She isn’t sonically confined to the overtures of the Bedroom Pop genre, of which she got pigeonholed, or so that’s how it feels with…
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Fred Again’s new album Ten Days came and went without whiffing my attention over its direction with each fleeting moment he emotionally displays song to song. It makes the final product more understandable, but a considerable disappointment as you get rare moments that can retain some sense of attraction around mostly moody deep or progressive…
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It’s been 11 years since we’ve gotten an LL Cool J album and not much to attribute toward the why, but he hasn’t been silent. Acting and hosting shows like the big personality he is, there was no shock that he was striving; the personality is what made him who he is, and the confidence…
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Though Hinds may be down two members, they’ve recouped and within four years of their last release, The Prettiest Curse, they return with Viva Hinds, an album that explores the key high points of their craft; it emboldens this sentimentality that nothing has changed, feeling revitalized as ever. That sense begins to breathe when you…
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Beabadoobee’s music has always hit a soft spot via the sound that has influenced her heavily, like 00s Alt-Rock. There was this sense of wonder, where pop was only a sub-product of the progressiveness brought to the table; however, there maintains an inconsistency that derides what would be more fantastic listens. That changes with This…
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A narrative in Doechii’s new mixtape is how opting for something to show she can still spit just as well as the pop bops she creates, which comes as critics and fans derided her for being a pop act when she relishing in wanting to be one. Nothing is wrong with pop, but “POP” has…
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