Music Reviews

Father John Misty deals with true love and sincerety on I Love You, Honeybear

Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear Album Review Sub Pop Records Released February 10, 2015 Genre: Indie Folk, Psychedelic Folk, Art Folk, Indie Rock Father John Misty is in love. Madly in love. But promotional performances for Father John...

Interview with Jordan Hudkins of Rozwell Kid

In a makeshift backstage area in the Off The Record record shop, which resembled a storage closet, Jordan, singer and shredder for West Virginia’s Rozwell Kid, sinks into a chair. “It was a very short trip ,” Jordan says,...

D’Angelo makes a mighty return on Black Messiah

D’Angelo & The  Vanguard Black Messiah Album Review RCA Records Released December 15, 2014 Genre: R&B, Noise Funk, Funk Rock, Neo Soul, Psychedelic Soul, Country Funk (?) D’Angelo is an enigma. As one of the most innovative and widely praised artists of his time,...

Mark Ronson throws an all-star funk summit on Uptown Special

Mark Ronson Uptown Special Album Review Columbia Records Released January 13, 2015 Genre: Funk, R&B, Pop, 70s soul revival   When “Uptown Funk” first infiltrated the airwaves, I was surprised for two main reasons: first at how catchy, upbeat, and groovy the track was, and...

“Hyperview” by Title Fight, Album Review

Title Fight Hyperview Album Review (Click here to stream) ANTI- Records Released February 3, 2015 Genre: Indie Rock, Shoegaze, Punk (not too much) Progression can be a great or terrible thing. For Title Fight on their third LP Hyperview, progression is...

“b4.da$$” by Joey Bada$$ (Album Review)

Joey Bada$$ B4.DA.$$ Album Review Cinematic Music Group Released January 20, 2015 Genre: Rap, Boom Bap Let’s just get this out of the way: this is good. This is really good. This is rapper Joey Bada$$’s most consistent release to date, and represents the young spitter’s...

VOID RL Grime

Henry Steinway is an LA based producer known under the pseudonyms Clockwork, his electro house project, and RL Grime, a persona more focused on hip hop and trap music as shown in his album VOID, the first full length album...

Remembering the Short yet Extraordinary Life of Darrell Abbott

  When you think of the world's greatest guitarists, the names that probably come to mind are the classics, such as Jimi Hendrix, Slash, Eddie Van Halen and other renowed 80's heavy metal guitarists. However, one name often slides through cracks...

Interview with Dylan Walker, vocalist for Full Of Hell

Above the checkered-walled unisex bathroom in Webster Hall in New York City, neon signs provided the sole source of light in a dark bar. The place looked abandoned, almost completely vacant and very gloomy. It's macabre tone weighed down on...