REVIEW: HAIM – DAYS ARE GONE (2013)
There are certain things about SXSW each year that stick with you. 2012 was no different. Be it rumors of a super group of two rappers with four hands performing songs off an upcom
REVIEW: DESSA – PARTS OF SPEECH (2013)
Dessa is consistent, but not. This Minneapolis MC, poet, frequent college speaker, “underrated writer, overrated rapper, undecided major” has been all over the place since
REVIEW: THE NATIONAL – TROUBLE WILL FIND ME (2013)
Both their harshest critics and most devout fans will agree, one of the most prominent elements of The National’s music, is, and always has been, the sadness. From the alt-c
REVIEW: CHVRCHES – RECOVER EP (2013)
I bet if you told anyone catching one of the many showcases that CHVRCHES performed at SXSW that they were looking at one of the members of the perennially introspective
REVIEW + INTERVIEW: ARIANE MOFFATT – MA/MA REMIX (2012)
After listening to her for over a decade, I found Ariane Moffatt‘s latest album incredibly brazen. Catching up with her in Paris, she was barely resting between shows on yet
Review: Icona Pop – Iconic EP (2012)
Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo have already established themselves as the go-to dance pop duo in Sweden since 2009. They’ve enticed American shores before, teasing with a quick con
REVIEW: THE LUMINEERS – THE LUMINEERS (2012)
We undoubtedly live in the era of Americana-inspired folk-rock groups. First we had Mumford & Sons and Fleet Foxes, followed by The Head and the Heart
REVIEW: THE HIVES – LEX HIVES (2012)
The Hives are back after five years with their fifth album and to everyone’s excitement, and to no one’s surprise, they haven’t changed one bit. This album is
REVIEW: TWENTY | ONE | PILOTS – REGIONAL AT BEST (2011)
Friends Josh Dun and Tyler Joseph of Columbus, Ohio have been performing together for barely over a year, on a project that emerged in Joseph’s brain after he figured out that mu