by snoadmin | Dec 28, 2016 | End of the Year Awards
Frank Ocean’s most recent album, Blonde, is the musical embodiment of blue balls. Anyone who remotely cares about R&B has been waiting for this album for what seems like years because it truly has been. Frank Ocean’s first album, Channel Orange, was...
by snoadmin | Dec 28, 2016 | End of the Year Awards
I constantly make the mistake of agreeing to write about things I am too emotionally invested in. “Cranes in the Sky” is one of them. As I sit here writing about what this song means to me and this hell of a year we’ve all had, I decided to delete everything...
by snoadmin | Dec 27, 2016 | End of the Year Awards
Danny Brown doesn’t follow the rules. Rappers don’t have their big break at 30, they peak with their debut album at 22. Rappers don’t sign to Warp Records, they sign to Def Jam or Atlantic. Rappers don’t sound like they’ve just...
by snoadmin | Dec 26, 2016 | End of the Year Awards
First off, Rihanna is an icon. So maybe I am biased in that she could have recorded herself making a cup of coffee and I would have adored it. On second thought, I doubt Rihanna makes her own coffee. In my eyes, Rihanna can do no wrong. My friends and I incessantly...
by snoadmin | Dec 25, 2016 | End of the Year Awards
I’ve never been good at expressing my feelings in a non-self-deprecating-with-a-hint-of-meme way. I’ve always liked dancing, though. When the Spanish all gal garage rock band Hinds dropped their album Leave Me Alone, I found out dancing and expressing...
