Category: 8-10 Ratings
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Since Pom Pom Squad’s debut album, Death of a Cheerleader, I’ve fallen through the roof into its musical arms with gusto. Evoking the musical spirit of the Riotgrrl era of music brings a modern twist as the music evolves and takes form to be bigger than life with a grounded feminist punk vibe. However, their…
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Sara Landry has risen in notoriety over the last few years, like getting the first headlining spot for a hardcore techno DJ at Tomorrowland in Belgium and a fantastic Boiler Room performance in 2024, she continues that stride on her debut album, Spiritual Driveby. It invigorates the dance floor with hypnotic intangibles; before you know…
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Leon Bridges’ latest album Leon is a self-reflective moment that takes us back to his roots in Texas. He’s doing so via lyrics and production, with the latter using sounds that resonate more with the South, specifically Country music, becoming more of a touchstone of who he has been since the beginning. From Coming Home…
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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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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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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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Juicy J has never been one to fully shift the parameters of his sound for something that contrasts what we’ve heard him rap over, whether it’s crunk, trap, or inundated manufactured Hip-Hop beats that can have its highs. I’m referring to someone who doesn’t change much about who he is, so when he delivered this…
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Amy Shark wears her heart on her sleeve, but unlike most who get described as such, she has it pumping in an open wound, allowing her emotional core to shine as she delivers beautifully enriching stories. Beneath said stories are these loosely calculated indie pop instrumentations that exemplify Shark’s vocals, even if they can sometimes…
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