Yoünusual is quite an experience. Their self-titled album is a listening experience that unsuspectingly draws in your attention. Each song is an adventure: an adventure that brings together elements so diverse that it parallels the diversity of the infamous study group at Greendale Community College. Read More »
It seems the overcast atmosphere of Raz Simone’s hometown, Seattle, has made its way into his music . His debut solo EP, Solomon Samuel Simone, is the kind of album to listen to and think about on a rainy day. Read More »
Few musicians are as dedicated to their fans as Hoodie Allen is to his. He responds to every tweet, almost every Facebook post, and hands out free music like candy. His latest mixtape, Crew Cuts, is Hoodie’s fourth free mixtape, and contains eleven classic Hoodie songs that are downloadable from his website. Read More »
Sam Beam, the master behind Iron & Wine, has finally dropped his fifth LP. This new album only continues to prove that he is no longer the man that began with just an acoustic guitar and a whisper of a voice. Ghost On Ghost is complex, layered, and unlike any work he has released as of yet. While his last album, Kiss Each Other Clean, had a similar production feel, Beam has yet again ventured into new territory with a level of joy (one track name) that he usually avoids. Seasonally appropriate, too, as we creep into summertime and search for this lighter, pop version of a still beautiful Iron & Wine. Read More »
Since I heard their recent release Confetti, Phox has been on the top of my list of bands to look out phor. This seven-piece hails from Baraboo, Wisconsin and describes the album as “less helium-fueled third grade birthday party, and more county highway roadkill buffet.” Whatever that means, it works. Read More »
After months of building anticipation, Born Ruffians have released their third studio album Birthmarks. The album presents a cleaned-up and fine-tuned version of the old Born Ruffians sound, and it is clearly a product of the band’s coming into its own. Read More »
Nomad is a rock record with meditative, soothing electric vocals woven with contrasting, wavering guitar chords. Nomad is also Bombino’s second record and sung entirely in his native language of Tamashek. It is at once familiar and alien: the guitar is reminiscent of the Black Keys (for a good reason, please read on dear friends) yet the vocals evoke a language, a culture, and land drastically different from our own. Read More »
Musical veteran pop band New Kids on the Block return to the music scene with their new album “10″. Debuting at #6 on the Billboard 200 charts, “10″ is a filled with an array of pop tunes that cater to the Electronic Pop listeners of today’s music industry as well as the classic percussion instrument driven hits of the 80s. Read More »
