Last year was the year of the woman in music; the most thoughtful and interesting albums came most often from female auteurs pushing at societal and artistic boundaries. And Dawn Richard’s new b…
Album Review: Anderson .Paak – “Oxnard”
This is the third Anderson .Paak album to be named after a California coastal town. So it’s the completion of a loose trilogy, and because it’s the one named after his home town, you might…
Album Review: Toni Braxton – “Sex & Cigarettes”
You might get the wrong impression from this album’s title and its album cover. You might think, as I did, that this would be her Beyoncé, an album that explores erotic adventure and satisfaction, par…
Music Interview: Lostboycrow
Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Lostboycrow recently released with his second single off of the third installment of his three-part LP, Traveler. “I’m A Sailor Not A Salesman” premiered a few week…
Music Interview: Aplus
The music industry is a crazy thing to be part of. There’s the ups and the downs but no matter what, you stick through it. Sure, that could be said for any industry but as of right now we’re talking a…
Album Review: Craig David – “The Time is Now”
Poor old Craig David. Once a pop superstar in his native Britain, and to a lesser extent in America, he was soon mocked into submission by the caricatured impersonation of him on the British cult sket…
Album Review: Miguel – “War & Leisure”
I’ve read a lot of pieces comparing Miguel to Prince ever since this album’s release. That comparison at first seems right, because Miguel is a supremely talented polymath auteur (singer, songwriter, …