Complex, epic, and experimental indie. Unravelling is the highly anticipated new album from favorite indie rockers We Were Promised Jetpacks, and it delivers. Airy crooning over simple and mellow melodies build into something much bigger on multiple tracks throughout...
Staying at your aunt's farm house and leaning out the bedroom to the rising sun and smell of fresh dew. In weird way, all I can think about when I listen to Orion Letizi, lead singer and songwriter of Animal Hours sing “Yellow Roses,” is a signifier of friendship,...
Expansive, sparkly atmosphere album. Loom by Pompeii is a vast wasteland of twinkly mood music from start to finish. Most songs are soft rhythmic tunes that lead up to big, big endings, but the album also maintains balance with the slightly rougher, fast, tight...
Courtesy of Tumblr. The World Finals of League of Legends (LoL) just concluded in Seoul, South Korea. Over the past few years LoL's popularity ballooned beyond any expectations. E-sports, this strange phenomenon where teams of twenty somethings square off over...
Courtesy of Atlanta Black Star. Happy Monday, babes! In honor of parent's weekend, I decided to make up a little playlist chock full of songs for the rents, but also for you. I think there's a debate within the pop community about whether or not we should be paying...
Interest in Caribou ÛÒ who, over the years, has been known in various forms and styles ÛÒ has recently been reawakened with the release of the new album Our Love. It is no accident that this release seems to further clarify many of Snaith's vague and idealic...
Courtesy of Wakarusa. Alright, I don't know about you all but this past week or so can only be described as stress on stress on stress. But, midterm hell is finally behind us and that definitely calls for celebration. After the physical and mental drain of papers and...
Courtesy of Cargo Collective. If you haven't checked out Amazing Radio on YouTube, set aside an afternoon or two to check out some of the amazing upcoming artists in the music world. You won't regret it. As technology increases, so does the amount of electronic,...
On November 4th, Washington, DC is voting on recreational marijuana. As the nation's capital, this is a very influential decision since laws made for the District of Columbia also have to go through Congress and therefore can set the stage for federal laws in the...
Courtesy of Slate. The past week or so, I've been pondering the prosperity and subsequent decline of trends in music. Without exception, it seems, today's hot trend will be tomorrow's object of mocking nostalgia. Think of tunes like the “Macarena” or...