Carpenter loses touch with “Lost Themes”
In the ‘80s, icons like Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers terrorized theaters but amongst them an even bigger star arose. As one...
Decemberists are enjoyable, unspectacular on seventh LP
It’s cliche by now that when listening to the Decemberists, you may need to keep a dictionary or reference book (or, you know, Google)...
Fall Out Boy still popular after high school with “American Beauty/American Psycho”
Fall Out Boy’s “From Under the Cork Tree” will always be my first idea of high school. (And I am definitely disillusioned. Where is...
We need more quality from “We Are All We Need”
After the success of “Group Therapy,” I was excited when I found out that Above & Beyond had come out with a new album...
Guster loses speed with ‘Evermotion’
Four years after their last release, Guster has dropped back into the alternative music scene with their seventh studio album, “Evermotion.” Having produced the...
Newcomer Meghan Trainor is off to a good start with ‘Title’
The year 2014 was a big year for 21-year-old Meghan Trainor. The newcomer burst onto the scene with her smash hit “All About That...
Starbomb’s “Player Select” is sure to blow up
Starbomb seemed to appear out of nowhere last year, releasing a self-titled comedy album that quickly rose the charts on iTunes, and hitting the...
No better tomorrow for Wu-Tang Clan
After seven years and a handful of disagreements and reconciliations, it seems we’re finally getting “A Better Tomorrow,” what is rumored to be the...
“No Reason” adds chill and mellow vibes to your winter playlist
I became a fan of Giraffage (aka Charlie Yin) after hearing his track “Music Sounds Better With You” on one of Clothesencounter’s YouTube videos....
Into the “VOID” with RL Grime
Subgenres on top of subgenres is the name of the game for the ever-so-fickle landscape of electronic music, where it seems as though every...