JAMES MERCER I LOVE YOUR WORK.Before I exalt the worthiness of this album to the highest degree, let's quickly clarify: This isn't new. Released in 1997, When You Land Here, It's Time to Return is the holy grail of Flake Music, James Mercer's (pre-Shins) creation,...
Rock n' Roll at its finest.Sultry, strung out and with infectious rhythm, Red Metal is a really good back to basics rock album. All of the tracks are filled with lo-fi vocals, good vibes and wobbly and screechy guitar parts that rendezvous with each other while the...
90's mainstream punk for a modern era.Rancid is one of those bands who needs no introduction to a certain group of people. One of the founding bands of the mainstream punk revival in the 90's, Rancid has been in the game for well over a decade now, and they're...
Niche that stars are made of. Ryan Hemsworth stands, deliberately, as a counterpoint to popular club oriented style of electronic music, choosing to go intimate where others may go big, discreet where others go massive, and charming where others go intimidating. While...
British singer Moko shows us how to get down. (Courtesy of DJ Semtex.) Finals are nearing, deadlines are looming and your life force is steadily dwindling to zero. You want to go to the gym but that's too much effort and going outside now would leave you as a...
Courtesy of Bunk Blog. If you have spent any amount of time aimlessly wandering around campus for something to do, you've probably come across a copy of The Beagle. In case you haven't had the pleasure of finding this gem, its American's premier (and unofficial)...
Courtesy of It's a Fabulous Life. One of the many things I owe my older brother for would be introducing of me to some of the music that has become my personal favorite to this day. Most of it happened when he was in high school and I, being five years his junior, in...
Oh man have I learned to love Nicki Minaj. Pop never sunk its hooks deep into my musical sensibilities, but I cannot resist a lightning rod like Nicki Minaj. Convinced by boredom and an odd itch, I tried to quantify the raw rage over Nicki Minaj. I did so by...
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Courtesy of Last.fm.What is at stake in the latest album put forth by Chaz Bundick ÛÒ under the alias Les Sins å_ÛÒ is no doubt the collective future of the entire genre of chillwave; musician, and album alike. The aesthetic scene we are confronted with in...