Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Rapper, singer, producer, director, designer and writer Tyler, the Creator has returned with his sixth studio album, “CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST.” This album follows his most successful release to date, both artistically and commercially, “IGOR,” a love triangle/breakup album that explored touches of R&B, lo-fi and soul. Being that his prior release reached the top of the...
Taylor Swift’s remix of her song “Karma,” featuring Ice Spice, was the most anticipated track on the new deluxe edition of her “Midnights” album, titled “Midnights: Til Dawn.” The song was released on May 26 along with an official music video that featured the increasingly popular rapper. Swift revealed the new tracks and deluxe album two days prior via...
Courtesy of Island City Records After two years of silence, indie-pop trio San Cisco released their EP, “Flaws” to little fanfare. The EP as a whole is as stripped down as their promotion— frontman Jordi Davieson’s vocals are rich but simple, the melodies that run through the tracks are emotional, but not overwhelming...
With Kehlani teasing her third studio album, “Blue Water Road,” on Twitter, fans have been excited regarding the news and are anxiously awaiting it. After the success that came from Kehlani’s last studio album, “It Was Good Until It Wasn’t,” fans have been awaiting the release of more music from the singer. Kehlani released her first single “altar” off...
On Jan. 8, K-Pop quintet ITZY released their eighth mini-album, “BORN TO BE.” The album explores a plethora of genres, such as EDM, dance-pop and rock. Five of the 10 tracks in “BORN TO BE” are solo songs by the members, with each of the girls credited for the lyrics of her respective song, making this album the first-ever...
Shady Records signee and one third of the group Griselda, Westside Gunn has returned with his highly anticipated debut record “Who Made The Sunshine.” The grimy coke rap lyrical aficionado is back and better than ever with his new project. This is Gunn’s third release since his earlier tapes “Pray For Paris” as well as “Fly God is an...
Soul and heavenly vocals surround the tunes of Omar Apollo. Recently coming off a Best New Artist Grammy nomination, Apollo has risen from the ground up to bless his fans with alternative R&B, pop and hues of reggaeton. The artist’s start to music was unsteady due to Apollo’s financial struggles. When attempting to release his first single, “Ugotme,” Apollo was...
On April 5, 2024, Conan Gray released his third album titled “Found Heaven.” Sonically, it is without a doubt a pop album, mixing both glam and synth-pop. It is specifically an 80s-style pop album with every song resembling the same synths and vocal layering you would expect in music from such an iconic time. Amongst all the music that...
On Tuesday, Oct. 8, a gang of KUCR DJs ventured off the quiet UCR campus and headed west to see psych-indie sensation, Crumb, perform live at The Glass House in Pomona. For a few of us, the decision to drop all of our responsibilities and go to the concert was very spontaneous. Some of us had early classes and...
On Sept. 29, the highly anticipated collaboration between artists, Kali Uchis and SZA came into fruition in a new rendition of "fue mejor." It’s the final single released off of Uchis' Latin pop and R&B infused, multilingual sophomore album Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios).  Sonically, the track is dark and sultry, demonstrated by the heavy synth bass and...