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...
The Black Keys
Turn Blue Album Review
Nonesuch Records
Released May 12, 2014
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock, Blues Rock
You must have been living under a rock for the last decade if you haven’t heard of The Black Keys. From their hit albums Brothers and El Camino, songs in movie trailers, and even drummer Patrick Carney’s amusing feud with pop star Justin Bieber, the ubiquity...
Kaskade
Atmosphere Album Review
Ultra Records
Released September 10, 2013
Genre: House, Progressive House, Electro House, Deep House, EDM
Atmosphere is the newest and seventh album from arguably the best DJ/Producer to come out of the United States. With the EDM scene dominated by wild bass drops and mammoth synth chords, I’m honestly refreshed by this album. Kaskade sticks to his guns and his origins with...
A couple weekends ago was the inaugural Suburbia Music Festival in Plano, Texas. The festival came about when promoters from the concert powerhouse Live Nation saw a need for a large festival in a suburban area, and saw Plano as the perfect spot. Specifically what drew them was Oak Point Park and Nature Reserve in Plano. An employee who frequently...
"Love of money is the root of all evil." This solemn message greets you when you first open the top-selling game Make It Rain: The Love of Money. Despite this cautionary advice, this app focuses on nothing but money.
Released on March 31, the entire premise of the smash hit game is to accumulate impossibly massive amounts of wealth. Swiping up on...
Released: April 7, 2014 on Domino Recording Company
Genre: Indie rock, Experimental
Before you read this review, I must warn you. This album is unlike anything that you have ever listened to before. This genre might be completely foreign to your ears, but don't dismiss this album based solely on its electronic, indie, slasher-flick-inspired genre. If you give it a fair chance,...
Warning: Very minor spoilers of: Captain America: The winter Soldier, Captain America: The First Avenger, and The Avengers. It’s hardly anything but if you want to watch the movies 100% uninformed then beware.
When I think about it, Marvel Studios is producing something more like a giant TV series than a bunch of movies. Starting with the first Iron Man,...
Hailing from San Francisco, unique dance trio The M Machine (composed of Ben “Swardy” Swardlick, Eric Luttrell, and Andy Coenen) certainly caught the attention of music fans and artists across a plethora of genres. In fact, the group recognizes a “difference between The M Machine fan and the average electronic music fan.” The group sets themselves apart from the...
