Aimee Mann’s newest album Mental Illness is not entirely about mental illness. There are certain songs that focus on mental illness, of course. One of the album’s highlights, “Patient Zero,” aptly describes the confusion and struggle of trying to reassure…
From the Record Crate: En Vogue – “Funky Divas” (1992)
Out of all the groups that we’ve covered on this From the Record Crate feature, I’ve a feeling En Vogue is one of the groups that most people don’t know about. They went from being one of the biggest acts…
Album Review: Pitbull – “Climate Change”
Climate Change is an album that Pitbull saves simply by being Pitbull. It’s also an album whose main failing is Pitbull simply being Pitbull. Having been in the music business for over ten years, Pitbull has nailed down his musical style.…
Album Review: Laura Marling – “Semper Femina”
Semper Femina, the sixth album from British folk singer Laura Marling, is a beautiful, soothing meditation on women and the relationships of and between women. The title comes from a line by the poet Virgil: “varium et mutabile semper femina,”…
Issue Review: The Wicked + The Divine #27
This review contains spoilers. “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This is a quote by British politician and writer Lord Acton and also kind of the theme of The Wicked + The Divine #27, as the gods…
Album Review: Modern English – “Take Me to the Trees”
Take Me to the Trees by Modern English is ostensibly an album. Supposedly there are individual songs on it that sound different. But forty-five minutes and ten tracks later, it was honestly hard pick any of the songs out of…
From the Record Crate: Savage Garden – “Savage Garden” (1997)
The debut album of Australian duo Savage Garden, also titled Savage Garden, is a picture-perfect example of late 1990s pop music. Savage Garden the band consists of vocalist Darren Hayes and instrumentalist Daniel Jones. Savage Garden the album was released…
