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REVIEW: King Krule 10/21 @ Black Cat DC

REVIEW: King Krule 10/21 @ Black Cat DC

Photo by Maria Carrasco If there‰'s one word I can use to describe the King Krule show at Black Cat on Saturday, it would be unexpected. Archy Marshall, who goes by the stage name of King Krule, broke from his seemingly suave and sedated image to play a powerhouse set...

What Happened to Ms. Lauryn Hill

What Happened to Ms. Lauryn Hill

Photo: Brooklyn Vegan The entertainment industry is built off the expectation that artists will present their bodies of work in a timely, readily-consumable manner for the public. Artists are welcome to innovate within the boundaries of the public‰'s comfort zone, and...

Change Your Lane: R&B and Rap

Change Your Lane: R&B and Rap

Photo credit We meet again! This week I would like to expand upon one of music‰'s most wonderful pairings: R&B and rap. Many of the songs that fall under this category are so good at morphing together that you don‰'t even notice they‰'re two separate entities....

The Tantric Cacophony of Torvus

The Tantric Cacophony of Torvus

It is October 8th, 2017. It is today that I declare that metal is far from dead, despite its bastardization by larger records labels. I sit here, having enjoyed a “Meatlover‰'s‰” burger at “The Pinch‰Û, a name that I‰'ve only heard of today. I find my eardrums, as...

Neo Theater Kid

Neo Theater Kid

Jill is my sister and we‰'ve never really clicked. Not because of something that an ABC family screenwriter would think of like “she likes dresses and I like dirt‰” but because we are both competitive by nature and highly judgemental people. That being said she is a...

Kali Uchis: A Night of Firsts

Kali Uchis: A Night of Firsts

Photo by Miguel Wilson It was around two years ago when I miraculously happened upon Kali Uchis. Then, she was being promoted as the “spicy Amy Winehouse.‰” Thankfully, today she is being held in her own category. To say the least, it has been so rewarding to see her...

Now Spinning: The OOZ by King Krule

Now Spinning: The OOZ by King Krule

Archy Marshall, better known by his stage name King Krule has been making music since he was a kid. After going through a few stage names King Krule was the one that stuck when after he released an EP entitled King Krule‰'s EP in 2011. King Krule has been known to mix...

Beauty in Pain

Beauty in Pain

If there is one song in the entire world that I could listen on loop forever, it would be this song. This song appears in one of the best films in the world, In the Mood for Love, where it is repeated several times throughout the film‰'s fairly small soundtrack. Even...