I have a problem with the cinematic classic Grease: namely the message sent when Sandy Dee transforms from pastel-clad bobby soxer to cigarette-puffing, rule-breaking sex kitten for the attention of some boy. Clearly, no one sat her down to talk about the importance...
I don't know what the world did to deserve Solange, but girllllll I'm so thankful for her. We can all admit that 2016 wasn't the best. In a year full of turmoil, black girls shined. No matter what anyone did or said to keep us down, we sprang back up and did it...
It's impossible to discuss “Shut Up Kiss Me” -- the highlight single from Angel Olsen's My Woman ÛÒ without also discussing “The Waiting,” probably the most accessible track on Olsen's 2012 release, Half Way Home. A mousy, country influenced ditty, “The...
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 released in...
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 I've...
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 inhaled too much helium while on an...
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...
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 your feelings...
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,...
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 of...