With the beginning the current pop-punk revival we are in, Avril Lavigne is back with Love Sux, the ferocious new offering from the singer drawn from early noughties nostalgia reflected through a modern perspective. But calling it Lavigne’s symbolic return to…
Jaime Releases “Stay,” from Upcoming Album ‘Continuously’
Based in southern Germany, electronic rap artist Jaime, aka Joe Styppa, introduces “Stay,” a track lifted from his forthcoming album, Continuously. Secluded in his studio near the Alps, Jaime’s sound includes elements of rap, R&B, future bass, and trap, as…
‘Earthling’ review: Eddie Vedder yields mixed results on star-studded solo LP
When a long-established musical titan releases a new album, the results can go a number of ways. The best late-career efforts—Dylan’s Time Out of Mind, Bowie’s Blackstar—can be astounding tectonic shifts, illuminating unexplored corners of their creators’ sound while also…
‘Time Skiffs’ review: Animal Collective conveys a story that yet has to find its ending
If you want to feel old, keep in mind that Animal Collective is coming near their third decade together as a band. And six years later (almost to the day), they have finally returned with a completely rejuvenated sound created…
‘Laurel Hell’ review: Mitski returns with a sobering and contemplative look at music and her relationship with it
With her warbling and echoing vocals that possess such vulnerability and barely contained emotions, indie artist Mitski has produced some of the finest records of the last decade. Ruthlessly deliberate in their production and both indignant and grateful at the…
Album Review: Black Country, New Road reinvents itself in ‘Ants From Up There’
Just over a year ago, Black Country, New Road released its debut album For the first time, which featured singles like “Athens, France” and “Sunglasses,” and experimented with post-punk, free jazz, math rock, and even klezmer. The album received widespread…
‘Heaux Tales’ review: Jazmine Sullivan gives an exclusive peek into the realities of modern woman
Drawing inspiration from the kind of complex and raw feminine energy that modernity set off as an antithesis to the masculinity and overt sexualism that has shaped mainstream hip-hop, Jazmine Sullivan gives an exclusive peek into the realities of modern…