Nicki Minaj is going through an identity crisis. And that is not just because she is portraying different personalities in her music. Minaj is labeled as hip-hop, an MC if you were. She even got the nod on MTV’s Hottest MCs list at number four. But she is also a pop artist, making songs that […]
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Read more "Review of Dev’s “The Night The Sun Came Up”"I’m not really old enough to say this, but I’m going to anyways – pop music isn’t what it once was. With the wave of electronic pop out there, it’s easy to forget that singer/songwriters still exist in today’s music. Hopefully, us music listeners will go back to basics and remember that a piano and […]
Read more "Review of Cathy Heller’s ‘Imagine Nation EP’"Years ago, I was flipping between the two MTV shows that were on. I don’t remember what was on the first one, but MTV2 had The Mars Volta’s music video for “The Widow” (off of their 2005 album Frances the Mute) playing. To this day, it is the only music video that legitimately scared me. […]
Read more "Review of The Mars Volta’s ‘Noctourniquet’"The word monster makes me think of the three things. First, of dancing along to the monster mash as my classmates and I scampered around the Halloween themed obstacle course constructed out of mats, ropes, and scooters in my elementary school gym. The day when the gym lights were turned off, ghoulish music blasted, and […]
Read more "Book Review: Monster by A. Lee Martinez"There are two ways I can approach writing this introductory paragraph for Odd Future, the most controversial rap collective since N.W.A.. One, I can fly my Wolf Gang flag in the air and say that their new album, The OF Tape, Vol. 2 is the best thing ever, or I can be like a lot […]
Read more "Review of Odd Future’s ‘The OF Tape, Vol. 2’"As my personal evolution into the alternative scene continued to expand over my teenage years, I happened to find a small little movie called Garden State. In this movie, Sam (played by Natalie Portman) hands over her headphones to Andrew (played by Zac Braff), and tells him that “this song will change your life.” The […]
Read more "Review of The Shins’ ‘Port of Morrow’"Remember years ago, when getting nominated for a MTV Video Music Award was a big deal? No? Well I don’t blame you. But in fact, there was once a time when a relatively unknown getting nominated for their biggest award was a huge deal. I mean, that’s what happened to English twosome The Ting Tings […]
Read more "Review of The Ting Tings’ ‘Sounds from Nowheresville”"Where do I begin with Say Anything? Max Bemis and Co. went from being in the green graces of the alternative scene by mixing in delightfully anthematic lyrics (more like poems) and some amazingly catchy riffs. Their first album …Is A Real Boy and their follow-up In The Defense Of The Genre were two amazing […]
Read more "Review of Say Anything’s ‘Anarchy, My Dear’"I’ve read a lot of disappointing books as of late, but this story captured nearly every element of what I consider a great book, reminding me of why I love to read in the first place. It was deeply moving, incredibly powerful, heartbreaking, at times disturbing, and best of all, it had a conclusive ending… […]
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