“Hushed and Grim” Review: The new album from Mastodon is complex and innovative

Nowadays most artists focus on releasing singles, especially in pop and EDM, and then later package them into EPs or albums. Why? Because of streaming platforms, playlists, and “music consumption,” which pushes artists and labels to pursue “album equivalents,” witnessed…

This is Pop? Podcast Episode 13: 2018 Grammy Predictions

  The nominees for the 60th annual Grammy Awards were announced on Nov. 28 and included nods for several of the biggest acts of 2017, from Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars to Kesha and The National. Like many music and…

Album Review: Mastodon — “Emperor of Sand”

It’s easy to disregard an album like Mastodon’s Emperor of Sand without ever listening to it. Too quickly, one can encounter the fantastical cover art, glance through the unusual song titles (“Scorpion Breath,” for example), make a hundred assumptions about…