Aimee Mann’s newest album Mental Illness is not entirely about mental illness. There are certain songs that focus on mental illness, of course. One of the album’s highlights, “Patient Zero,” aptly describes the confusion and struggle of trying to reassure…
Album Review: Sorority Noise “You’re Not as ______ As You Think”
The journeying process of grief and the monumental shift that can take place when one endures extreme loss is a singular experience. No one quite grieves the same. A dedication of sorts to that long walk through grief and recovery…
Album Review: Pitbull – “Climate Change”
Climate Change is an album that Pitbull saves simply by being Pitbull. It’s also an album whose main failing is Pitbull simply being Pitbull. Having been in the music business for over ten years, Pitbull has nailed down his musical style.…
Album Review: Temples – “Volcano”
Temples is one of those lucky bands whose road to recognition was rather short. After releasing its debut album Sun Structures, which blended characteristics of pop with psychedelic sounds, the Kettering quartet received acclaim from all kinds of British rock…
Album Review: Thundercat ‘Drunk’
The bass guitar is a more powerful and influential instrument than one would think. John Entwistle helped start rock and roll with his ending bass solo on “My Generation,” Bernard Odom gave James Brown the bounce on “Cold Sweat,” Lemmy…
Album Review: The Flaming Lips – “Oczy Mlody”
On their fourteenth album Oczy Mlody, the Flaming Lips ask you to redefine the concept of a “song.” If you think a song needs to have a musical or lyrical beginning, a middle, and an end, then this won’t…
Concert Review: Leon Bridges and Lianne La Havas – Vienna, Virginia – 9/10/16
What started out being a relaxing, chill summer concert turned into a soulful, foot-stomping extravaganza. When I first arrived, I was floored by the venue, Wolf Trap, in Vienna, Virginia. Seeing the grand stage and thinking of the wonderful acoustics…