I don’t believe those that claim this album can be listened to as a completely separate “work of art” from the Disney remake. After all, every other track is an audio snippet from the film. It doesn’t let you forget…
Album Review: Dawn Richard – “new breed”
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 breed, the most interesting album of the year so…
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 expect Oxnard to be .Paak’s most “personal”,…
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, particularly given her recently announced engagement…
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 weeks ago and he describes it as: The idea that who we are…
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…
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 sketch comedy show Bo’ Selecta!, which…