“I ain’t left off ‘Bad and Boujee,’ you think I’m left off ‘Bad and Boujee.” Dated meme aside, Takeoff not having a line in Migos’s biggest hit is the best thing that could’ve happened to the group. Not because he…
‘A Light For Attracting Attention’ review: Radiohead side project, The Smile’s dystopian debut inspires despite darkness
Radiohead frontmen Tom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood join forces with Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner to create A Light For Attracting Attention, under the moniker The Smile— a name Yorke described as not one of affection but of deception. Following in…
‘Ribbon Around the World’ review: Blossoms’ Fourth Flowers in Intricate Imagination
Warmer weather comes to mind with the melodic voice of lead singer Tom Ogden which glides through Ribbon Around the Bomb’s hit songs “The Writer” and “Care For”. With their fourth studio album, the “Charlemagne” artists strike soft anthems of the…
‘Unlimited Love’ review: Red Hot Chili Peppers work out the kinks with John Frusciante
Reunions are tricky. No matter how much someone prepares to see someone else they haven’t seen for years, it’s always a bit awkward at first. How do you start? What do you talk about? And why did it take so…
Album Review: Snail Mail – “Valentine”
One of the many charms Lush, the 2018 debut album from Lindsey Jordan and her band Snail Mail, was its dated quality. Though a musical highlight in the 21st century, Lush sounded like it could’ve debuted in the 1980s during…
Album Review: Duran Duran – ‘Future Past’
For all its brightness and colors and over-the-top imagery, the 1980s were a hard decade to age out of. The pop culture stars of that glorious decade were so omnipresent in that boom of media that it was probably for…
“(Un)Commentary” review: Learning to Grow Up with Alec Benjamin
Just like the day you first moved in, your family is in your dorm. Eight semesters worth of memories are packed up in boxes. Once you line them up at the door, there’s nothing more to do. You sit on…