Reviews

Jack Harlow – ‘Jackman.’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Julian Buchan Jack Harlow’s Jackman., is an album that truly takes you on a journey. From the very first song, it’s clear that Jack is going for a stripped-down, more intimate approach. The luxurious production speaks for itself without unnecessary flash, leaving room for Harlow’s thoughtful and captivating storytelling to shine. The opening… Read more

Metallica – ’72 Seasons’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Tim Saccenti Most people already know the story up until this point: Metallica originally formed in Los Angeles at the beginning of the ’80s. In a decade with no shortage of heavy metal entities for headbanging fans to choose from, Metallica eschewed then-common practices of the genre, such as featuring scantily-clad women on… Read more

Ellie Goulding – ‘Higher Than Heaven’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Madison Phipps Ellie Goulding has made a point of describing her fifth album Higher Than Heaven as her “least personal album” to date. In an age of pop music geared towards the confessional and emotionally weighty, many fans have welcomed Goulding’s embrace of a pop ethos that prioritizes massive hooks, earworm melodies, and… Read more

U2 – ‘Songs of Surrender’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Kurt Iswarienko When Taylor Swift decided to re-record some of her earlier albums (most recently, Red), she was a woman on a mission. “I do want my music to live on,” she told Billboard in 2019. “I do want it to be in movies, I do want it to be in commercials. But… Read more

Kx5 – ‘Kx5’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Mark Owens Kx5 is a dynamic and inventive collaboration between two of the biggest names in the electronic dance music scene. The self-titled album features ten tracks that showcase both Deadmau5’s signature techno and progressive house sound combined with Kaskade’s melodic and vocal-driven style, to create a cohesive listening experience. Releasing a year… Read more

Nothing, Nowhere – ‘VOID ETERNAL’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Jonathan Weiner No one quite seems to know how to classify the music of Joseph Edward Mulherin – who performs under the moniker of Nothing, Nowhere. Every label from “indie rock” to “emo” to “pop-punk” to “hardcore” has been used to describe the 30-year-old’s music. Such speaks to the increasingly futile nature of… Read more

Daniel Caesar – ‘Never Enough’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Republic Records Daniel Caesar is a Canadian singer and songwriter known for his soulful, introspective composition. Caesar has established himself as one of the most exciting young artists in contemporary music. Daniel Caesar’s long-awaited 2023 album release Never Enough has finally arrived, and it’s everything fans have been hoping for and… Read more

Depeche Mode – ‘Memento Mori’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Anton Corbijn In music journalism, there’s a concept known as the five-album-test: any band that has released five consecutively great albums passes. The test is imperfect and controversial – rewarding consistency over irregular bursts of excellence – but the bands who pass it, undeniably, belong to the very highest echelons of music. Most would… Read more

Black Honey – ‘A Fistful of Peaches’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Press Brighton, England band Black Honey returns with their new album A Fistful of Peaches, released two years (almost to the day) since their last full-length offering, Written & Directed. The name of that album of course was a phrase that is commonly associated with movie credits, and this new title even paraphrases… Read more

THEY. – ‘Nü Moon’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Grant Spanier THEY. is an R&B duo with music that is characterized by a unique blend of soulful vocals, hip-hop beats, and electronic production that sets them apart in the world of R&B. The group’s lyrics explore the complexities of love, relationships, and self-discovery, and their songs are both catchy and thought-provoking. Unfortunately,… Read more