Album Review: Labrinth/Sia/Diplo – “LSD”

Everything about Labrinth, Sia, and Diplo’s collaborative album is derivative of contemporary music. The cartoonish cover, the juvenile lyrics, the drug references; everything. The very idea of combining each of their artistic styles into one project is peculiar. Sia’s powerful…

Album Review: Poppy – “Am I a Girl?”

After a contentious lawsuit and a relocation to Japan, Poppy has returned with Am I a Girl?, a year after releasing her first studio album. After rising to fame off of her bizarre YouTube clips while collaborating with Titanic Sinclair and…

Concert Review: Jingle Ball, Washington D.C. – 12/12/16

Recently making waves across the music world has been Jingle Ball, a concert series promoted by iHeartRadio and featuring different lineups of popular performance in almost every major city in the United States. I had the chance to attend the…

2016 Grammy Award Winners Full List

The 58th Annual Grammy Awards were held last night and were host to performances big (Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar), small (seemingly impromptu Stevie Wonder and Miguel performances) and whatever The Hollywood Vampires was supposed to be. During the three and…

2016 Grammy Nominations: Our Thoughts and Predictions

The 2016 Grammy nominations were announced this morning, and as always they were a bit of a mixed bag of obvious selections and oddball choices no one saw coming. It’s no secret that the Grammys aren’t often taken very seriously,…

Album Review: Justin Bieber, “Purpose”

Some things are harder than others. Whether it’s balancing a checkbook, finding a job, splitting an atom or taking Justin Bieber seriously. The 21-year-old pop megastar was the apple of every teen girl’s eye, but puberty hit the Biebs like…

Album Review: Disclosure, “Caracal”

For some reason, people seem to think that electronic dance music had the best potential to be the next best genre to merge with pop. The likes of Calvin Harris, Avicii, Skrillex and Diplo are scoring hits on pop radio,…