by snoadmin | Dec 25, 2016 | End of the Year Awards
On August 20th, I found out that boys do, in fact, cry. After fours years of cryptic messages, twitter memes, and seemingly endless delays, Frank Ocean surprised us all with “BlondeÛ. The “Thinkin Bout You” singer finally emerged from his hiatus to bless us all,...
by snoadmin | Dec 24, 2016 | End of the Year Awards
Here I was, working one of my long weekend shifts at a catering company in (where else but) Ithaca NY during this past summer vacation. I was stocking back, and threw on a new album that had been recommended for me to take a listen to: Car Seat Headrest’s Teens...
by snoadmin | Dec 24, 2016 | End of the Year Awards
“The Season/Carry Me” is the perfect introduction to Anderson .Paak. There is no doubt that this dude is nothing short of amazing. SERIOUSLY. His type of music can’t even be restricted to one or two genres. And those damn drums. THOSE DRUMS! The switch up...
by snoadmin | Dec 24, 2016 | End of the Year Awards
All and all, I’ve found being a music fan in 2016 to be pretty frustrating. It’s hard to think of a high profile release this year that didn’t have an over the top or torturously prolonged roll out (Blonde) or insisted on itself by putting out...
by snoadmin | Dec 24, 2016 | End of the Year Awards
Part way through the first verse of Vic Mensa’s bombastic “16 Shots” he drops the lines, “And we all know its cause cause he black/Shot em 16 times, how fucked up is that?” The track, a fiery response to the 2014 death of Laquan McDonald, marks...
