Courtesy of Las Vegas Review Journal It's 2016, and you know what that means--it's a leap year. That's not the point of this column, but I feel the need to acknowledge it because leap years deserve love too. But I digress, this is a big year for politics as the...
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The Galaxy Electric @ Songbyrd
Courtesy of Songbyrd The first act to play was a duo by the name of The Galaxy Electric. Their sound often reminded me of music by YACHT. Their music is dreamy/synth pop with a touch of psychedelic. Jacqueline, the lead vocalist, was on the Mellotron keyboard....
Narc Twain’s “Same Shit” and Contemporary American Politics and Society
It's always hard when a band puts out a record at the end of the year, with most of the music journalism outlets doing yearly retrospectives and countdowns. I believe that this is what happened to Narc Twain, the side project of Jukebox the Ghost guitarist Tommy...
Mood: Panicking at the Disco
It's a Friday night and if you're like me, you're going back and forth between staying cooped up in a heated blanket and watching nature documentaries or going out. But that can make some people anxious, especially if you're being pressured to do so. To liven up...
LISTEN ONLY IF LOST: A Review of Modest Mouse’s This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
Courtesy of Modest Mouse Wiki I'm writing this on Valentines Day. I already regret picking this album. This is a day where I am trying to stay positive'. Of course I decide to listen to 1996's most painfully melancholic album. Modest Mouse's first...
Songs That Make People Cry & Why: Michael Lovito
Q: What song makes you cry? ML: “The Battle of Hampton Roads” by Titus Andronicus. Q: When did you first hear this song? ML: I first heard this song my senior year of high school. Q: Which lyric hits you the hardest and why? ML: “I'm sorry dad but I'm not...
Japanese 80s music for all the vaporwave babes
Courtesy of Youtube The ample use of synthesizers, great style, and melodic Japanese lyrics makes Japanese technopop during the 80s an incredibly rich music genre; most likely due to the new influence from the west and the massive economic boom in Japan from the 60s...
YEEZY YEEZY YEEZY JUST JUMPED OVER ALL Y’ALL
Courtesy of Consequence of Sound So Help Me God, Swish, Waves, and now The Life of Pablo. Regardless of what Pablo or Paul he's referring to, I'm here for it. It's important to understand that what Kanye does is above rap. He makes art. Sure, every musician is an...
Searching for a Heart of Gold: Five Records that Would Solve the Grammy’s Rock Crisis
Courtesy of Gossip Cop Complaining about Grammy nominations is, in most cases, a waste of breath. Any serious music fan recognizes that the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences tends to reward commercial success instead of artistic achievement and that the...
Live in the Hive: Radkey
Fueled by just a few sips of black Megabytes coffee, Radkey rolled on into the WVAU studio to treat us to their unique brand of garage punk.