Dynamic New Orleans young rapper…with a dream The clean version of Floating While Dreaming is still pretty good, and I see potential for Pell. He has some cool lyrics and dream-like vibe — which is fitting considering he calls his music “dream rap.” His...
A poet at a beachy coffee shop in Venice Beach is playing this My very first impression of San Cisco was that this was a really fun band that makes catchy, indie surfer sounds, but later on I realized their lyrics are as cool as their beat. Gracetown is chill and...
Courtesy of L.A. Times.Kendrick Lamar's much anticipated third album, second under a major label, was released last Sunday night, a full week before the scheduled release date of March 23rd. While it's unclear whether the moved up release was...
Courtesy of Fitting It All In. This week, I've decided not to do any lyrical analysis but just write about a few feelings I've had about music for a while. Mainly in the way people judge others for their musical tastes. A day does not go by that I'm...
Courtesy of Portugal. The Man. In the wide world of music, change can spell the end of a band ÛÒ or, in some rare cases, change gives that band an identity all its own. In most cases bands fall into a groove and alter their albums around it as they go. But out...
Courtesy of Billboard. The Store: This week is a continuation of my adventures to Goodwill. Since realizing that real life means spending money when you don't want to, this week's budget was a little light. I'm sure most college kids don't always have the...
After a brief overview of the “Guitar String/Wedding Ring” hitmaker's latest musical masterpiece, I was only able to see that Tom Hanks either doesn't know how to lip sync or doesn't know the lyrics to a song with the word “really” in it 67...
Courtesy of The Lala Report.Like most other millennials,' I begin basically any task assigned to me by going straight to Google. It's like there exists some sort of direct pathway from my mind to the search engine, which is convenient but also quite...
Courtesy of NY Daily News.Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late was released the night before Valentine's Day (so Drake) this past month without any prior announcement or fanfare and within 3 days sold 495,000 copies. All 17 songs off the...
The Store: Smash! RecordsI'm going to be a little bold here and say if you live in DC and haven't found yourself at Smash Records yet, you are doing it wrong, and I will personally volunteer to drive you there to prove it. Back in my days as a lonely freshman...