In Spielberg’s Minority Report, there’s a moment where Tom Cruise as John Anderton says to a police officer “Everybody runs, Fletch.” It’s so casual a movie moment that it’s not often commented on, but for me, it sums up America, a…
Album Review: Ashley Monroe – ‘Rosegold’
New look, new style: Ashley Monroe shoots for a full-on rebirth with Rosegold. She dons pink hair on the album’s cover and dons electronic music on the album itself, both new guises that come as a surprise because Ashley Monroe doesn’t…
The Young Folks’ Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
In a decade that saw the rise of streaming, the album came out of the 2010s alive and well. The LP rose again, dwarfing the dying compact disc by the end of the decade, and some of the biggest artists…
Favorite Albums of 2016: Staff Picks
2016 had its ups and downs (okay, mostly downs), but you can’t deny that it had a great soundtrack. You’ve already seen our Top 50 Albums of 2016 list, now check out what our music writers’ personal lists of…
Album Review: Miranda Lambert – “The Weight of These Wings”
Miranda Lambert is back at it again, giving the world yet another hit album to add to her already impressive resume of previous hit albums. The Weight of These Wings is Lambert’s sixth album and its lyrics were written about…
Melody on Music: Sleigh Bells, Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert, Hamilton
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. We are proud to announce that Melody will now be relaunching his column on The…