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...
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Feedback: Rotating Around the Core – Music That Makes Change Consistent
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...
The Tough Crowd: Goodwill Part II
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...
Pop Exodus: An In-Depth Analysis of Tom Hanks in Carly Rae Jepsen’s Pop Song of the Year “I Really (Really Really Really Really Really Really) Like You"
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...
The Current: Yeezy Boosts – An Analysis of Musicians as Everything but Musicians
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...
Keep Ya Head Up: If You’re Reading This Drake is Still Drake
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 Tough Crowd: Smash It Up
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...
Pop Exodus: Probably Better Than a Bunch of Hollywood Directors Anyway!
Courtesy of MTV. Have you ever wanted to direct a music video for a song you loved more than life itself, but have neither the money nor actual skill to do so? Me too. It sucks, so I wrote up a basic synopsis of some imaginary videos for songs I listen to on...
Zen Palette: Get to Know Tülpa
Courtesy of Alaya. A year ago, I came across Babel's track “Life of Eve feat. LÌ´psley” remixed by Tülpa. Immediately, I fell in love with the low-key, melodic and ethereal track. I even included it in a mix that was featured by 8tracks...
Minutia: Pile – "You’re Better Than This"
Courtesy of Stereogum.You're Better Than This is not the album that will allow the uninitiated to understand the cult appeal of Pile. If anything else, it's the complete opposite. Song structures are labyrinthine, relentlessly challenging any convention or formula...