Royce Da 5’9” punctuates the intro of his new album The Allegory with a reference to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. In it, Plato tells of a philosopher…
Album Review: Louis Tomlinson tackles Britpop and his personal life on “Walls”
Following the announcement of an extended hiatus for international boy band sensation One Direction in 2015, eyes were understandably on all of its me…
Album Review: Ozzy Osbourne returns to rule the genre he created on “Ordinary Man”
Some of us thought we’ve seen the last of him back in 2010 with Scream. Some of us thought his next album would be softer than ever before. Some even …
Album Review: Tennis excel with personal, sunny indie-pop on “Swimmer”
Ten years into their existence as a band, and as a married couple, Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley of Tennis have released a mature yet effervescent al…
Album review: Grimes’ “Miss Anthropocene” is a disappointment compared to earlier works
The first big disappointment of the year. Grimes has gone from strength to strength and got better with every album, but it couldn’t have lasted forev…
Album Review: Not much “Changes” on new Justin Bieber album
Who knew that Justin Bieber is such a romantic? The singer released his new album Changes on Valentine’s Day and it is basically 17 tracks about the l…
Album Review: D Smoke – “Black Habits”
D Smoke released the seven-track album, Inglewood High, right after winning the first season of Netflix’s Rhythm + Flow to satiate his new fans. His f…