The American indie rock band Big Thief is ramping up for a powerful return with the release of four new singles and the announcement of several 2022 North American tour dates. In the November 2021 issue of the British music magazine Mojo, the band announced that they will be releasing a double album in early […]
Let the Music Speak for Itself: Daft Punk
Enigmatic and legendary, electronic music duo Daft Punk split up February 22nd 2021. A 28-year-long career leaves fans with four studio albums packed to the brim with timeless classics such as “Around the World”, “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”, “Human After All”, and of course, “Get Lucky”. To truly understand their legacy on music, let’s turn […]
Lana Del Rey’s ‘Chemtrails Over the Country’ Club review
Last Friday, Lana Del Rey’s seventh studio album Chemtrails Over The Country Club was released to wide acclaim. She’s shedding away the trip hop, sadcore anthems that we all know her by to bring us something rawer – something more reflective and atmospheric. The album is representative of a more mature Lana Del Rey, who has opened up about […]
A Conversation with Alvie and the Breakfast Pigs
Alvie and the Breakfast Pigs are a band from San Francisco who “isn’t here to serve a brand new cuisine.” Claiming to be one of the last rock bands in the city, Alvie, Matt, Phil, and Jake “serve up those classic high-gain recipes you grew up on,” playing rock’n’roll with influences from a myriad of […]
Music That Got Me Through Quarantine
As the world opens up even more I’ve been reflecting on the rollercoaster that is the music I’ve listened to since the spring, and how that mirrors my mental state as I processed everything going on in the world. I usually make a playlist based on what I’ve listened to each season and I started […]
Single Review: UNITED GIRLS ROCK’N’ROLL CLUB
Last Friday, CHAI and Hinds released “UNITED GIRLS ROCK’N’ROLL CLUB,” an invigorating collaboration between 8 female musicians recorded in Madrid shortly before the pandemic. For CHAI, it is an addition to the string of energetic singles released in 2020. For Hinds, it follows the release of their most experimental and most diversely orchestrated album to […]
ALBUM REVIEW: Wunna
To be honest, I never used to be a huge fan of Gunna. I saw him perform as an opener on Travis Scott’s. While he unquestionably proved his worth in the rap game when coming up with fellow Atlanta youngsters like Lil Baby through strong features and collaborative projects, I just never went out of […]
COVID-19’s Impact on Music: An Analysis of the Industry Post-Lockdown
The coronavirus pandemic has undoubtedly impacted all aspects of our everyday lives in a plethora of ways. Restaurants, movie theaters, bars–all businesses and industries have been affected to some extent by the deadly virus and the required reimagining of the “new normal” that we work to define, as we slowly return to life outside of […]
Peaks and Valleys of Rage in FKA twigs’s “fallen alien”
Even if she hasn’t always felt traditionally beautiful, FKA twigs has always felt different. For her, this is her strength, and her long-awaited second album MAGDALENE presented an artist reflecting on and accepting this. In the five years between her first album LP1 and her 2019 sophomore effort, twigs dealt with complete upheaval in her […]
Philly Artists in the Time of COVID-19
Through a series of Zoom calls we spoke with some Philly-based or -raised artists to learn about their history, how the city shaped their music, and what they were most looking forward to after the stay at home order is lifted. Now that we are reaching the end of the stay at home order and […]