If you were a teenager in the mid2000s, you’re probably very familiar with a certain pop punk sound. Bands like Paramore, Panic! At the Disco, Fall Out Boy, and more masterfully honed this beautifully bratty wave of pop punk. Music…
Album Review: Robert Plant – “Carry Fire”
If you’re a Robert Plant fan, you’re probably going to buy this album anyway. Plant, the lead singer and lyricist for the band Led Zeppelin, is a mainstay in the music industry and has built up enough industry cred that…
From the Record Crate: Adam Ant – “Friend or Foe” (1982)
In 1982, the hugely successful new wave band Adam and the Ants disbanded, after three albums, two of them chart-toppers in their native UK. Lead vocalist/songwriter Adam Ant and guitarist/songwriter Marco Pirroni decided to focus their efforts on Ant’s solo…
Album Review: Whitney Rose – “Rule 62”
Neotraditional country and 1950s doo wop aren’t two sounds that you would expect to hear on the same album. And yet, on her album Rule 62, Whitney Rose manages to merge the sounds perfectly. The singer gives us a beautifully…
Album Review: Kelela – “Take Me Apart”
I first heard the name Kelela only one week ago through Twitter. “Kelela’s album comes out in TWO DAYS,” my feed read. “WIG SNATCHED.” As someone who considers herself pretty in-the-know musically, I was confused: who was this Kelela? What…
From The Record Crate: Genesis – “Foxtrot” (1972)
When I was 12 years old, I discovered progressive rock. I had been a musician, and an all-around music geek all my life — I come from a long family tradition of salsa and cumbia musicians from my mother’s side.…
Album Review: Miley Cyrus – “Younger Now”
Miley Cyrus has an image problem. Not in the traditional sense of the term, where the problems revolve around someone’s negative public image, but in a matter where the problem is her image is nebulous as hell to begin with.…