Establishment: a group in a society exercising power and influence over matters of policy or taste, and seen as resisting change. Hip-hop has always centered around the establishment: sneaking around …
Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit’s ‘The Midnight Organ Fight’ – Remembering an immense talent
Great pain does not beget great art; trauma won’t always lead to inspiration, nor internal conflict to expression. These notions that to be an artist of notice and worth you must suffer is tired, pron…
Album Review: American Football – “American Football (LP3)”
Everyone loves a good comeback story. Comebacks give inspiration and hope to people around the world, especially in the music industry. For such a cutthroat business that kicks out as many artists as …
10 Artists That Would’ve Been Better At The Super Bowl Than Maroon 5
Well another Super Bowl Halftime Show is in the bag with Maroon 5, Travis Scott and Big Boi having done the honors and it was quite the *snooooooore*. Adam Levine and company were never in a winning p…
Album Review: The 1975 – “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships”
Whenever one talks about The 1975, it comes with a slight turn of the head and a sharp side-eye. As they wisely pointed out in the video for “The Sound,” people have a hard time determining whether or…
Album Review: Charles Bradley – “Black Velvet”
The life of Charles Bradley was always associated with struggle. The soul singer spent the first 62 years of his life trying to make a living for himself despite having the voice of a raspy angel. Aft…
Album Review: Smashing Pumpkins – “Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol.1”
“Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage.” 23 years after Billy Corgan first screamed that line, it doesn’t seem to apply to him anymore. Maybe it never applied to him at all considering …