I tightly grip my crescent-tinted assault rifle as two of my friends and myself enter uninviting and dark catacombs. Lights emit from our weapons as we walk deeper into the abyss of a cavern that is nonhuman in origin, adding to the hostility on the Earth’s moon. The tension and silence cause one of my friends to crack a bad joke through...
BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah
Sour Soul Album Review
Lex Records
Released February 24, 2015
Genre: Hip-Hop, Jazz
When I first heard of the BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah collaboration, I was enthralled. As an avid fan of the Canadian jazz trio, I was pretty excited to see them collaborate with a member of the renowned Wu-Tang Clan. BADBADNOTGOOD's main strength is pushing the limits of...
Mat Zo
Damage Control Album Review
Anjunabeats
Released 2013
Genre: Progressive Trance, Progressive House, Electro House, Drum and Bass, Trap, Chillout, Garage
Damage Control is the first album from British producer Mat Zo. According to him, this album has been seven years in the making. It’s hard to lasso this album into a specific genre as Mat seems to like jumping around, not allowing his music to conform...
Feed Me
Calamari Tuesday Album Review
Sotto Voce
Released October 14, 2013
Genre: Dubstep, Electro House
Feed Me has recently released his second full length LP, which is surprising considering all of the music that he has produced. Nevertheless, the standard that Jon Gooch has set over the last few years is definitely maintained in this album; he continues a tradition of high quality productions and truly...
Project and moniker of Sonny Moore, Skrillex has, in one way or another, blown up with his unique brand of dance music in the past three or so years. The dance music mogul first appeared on the scene when his single "My Name Is Skrillex" set MySpace on fire in 2010. His claim to fame really came when he released his Scary Monsters and...
After the delays from the pandemic, Denis Villeneuve has finally been able to put Frank Herbert's science fiction classic on the big screen, or at least the first part of it. Yes, this story will be spread out between two films, there is no other way to tell a story of this scale. And scale is the integral term...
Sometime a couple years ago, an adolescent boy decided to create music in addition to fulfilling his academic obligations. Painstakingly saving his money, he purchased a turntable, a balanced pair of headphones, and also pirated audio software.
Initially, the boy didn’t give the poorly edited cacophony of sounds much credit. He just looked to his creations as something entirely independent,...
Genres:
Indie-pop, Indie-rock, Electronica, Indie-folk
Release:
UK- March 10, 2014 on Deram Records
US- April 1, 2014 on Decca Records
Last year, I was watching a video on YouTube when I noticed a suggested video with an interesting thumbnail titled “Dan Croll - From Nowhere.” I decided that I was bored and clicked on the video. Little did I know that I was in...
