What to expect from the 11th annual Governors Ball Music Festival
By Sasha Provost | June 8, 2022Gov Ball returns to New York City this weekend, showcasing over 60 artists across three stages and a multitude of genres.
Jack Harlow has nothing new to say on ‘Come Home the Kids Miss You’
By Rhys Banerjee | May 31, 2022Perhaps I’m being harsh, but this album is mediocre on various levels.
1,855 days later, Kendrick Lamar releases the deeply introspective ‘Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers’
By Ben Smith | May 31, 2022Finally, after a five-year gap since his last album, Lamar has released a new album, entitled “Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers.”
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Lizzy McAlpine’s ‘five seconds flat’ redefines breakup albums with a beautifully crafted narrative
By Anna Rebello | April 18, 2022Telling a story of longing and loss, alternative indie singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine divulges her experience of heartbreak and falling out of love in her second studio album, “five seconds flat,” released April 8.
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Denzel Curry reintroduces himself on 'Melt My Eyez See Your Future'
By Rhys Banerjee | April 4, 2022It has been a long three-year wait since Denzel Curry’s last solo album, but it seems that the wait was worth it.
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Three artists shaping the new music wave
By Devinne Moses | March 28, 2022BENEE, Orion Sun and Dora Jar set their own tempo and lead a new generation of passionate creatives.
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Ballers and beats: Ranking NBA players' mixtapes
By Rhys Banerjee | March 21, 2022Instead of filling out a March Madness bracket, I decided to rank some famous NBA players' recent music drops.
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Some parts of the 2010s are enjoying a comeback, but fun. will not be one of them
By Jonathan Pertile | March 14, 2022Rather than a shining star, fun. would prove to be a shooting star, come and gone in the blink of an eye.
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Saba finds new life on 'Few Good Things'
By Rhys Banerjee | February 14, 2022It doesn’t take much to realize that Saba is a special artist.
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On 'Laurel Hell,' Mitski is working for the knife, one album at a time
By Lily Zhu | February 14, 2022Named after the alluring, poisonous mountain shrubs native to the eastern United States, “Laurel Hell” peels back the layers of Mitski’s glossy new fame and strips away the various personas she donned in her 2018 album “Be the Cowboy.”
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Get a piece of the magic on Eels' latest album 'Extreme Witchcraft'
By Katherine Zhong | February 7, 2022Eels is hard to define.
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Michael Jackson’s 'Invincible' is an underrated gem
By Rhys Banerjee | February 7, 2022One day, I was curious about the last non-posthumous album Michael Jackson ever released. That’s when I stumbled across his 2001 album, “Invincible.”
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Earl Sweatshirt continues to impress with 'SICK!'
By Rhys Banerjee | January 24, 2022Earl Sweatshirt is in a new prime with “SICK!” and I can’t wait to see what he does next.
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Deluxe albums: Commerce before art?
By Rhys Banerjee | January 10, 2022In the modern music landscape, there seems to be one constant: an influx of ever-growing “deluxe” albums that have little reason to exist.
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Taylor Swift, always right: Understanding the genius of 'All Too Well'
By Jonathan Pertile | November 29, 2021After so much pomp and circumstance surrounding the longer “All Too Well,” you would think that there’s no way it could live up to its hype. You’d be wrong, though — the new version blows the shorter, more primitive “All Too Well” out of the water. How does a song twice the length manage to do that?
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Seven days of Silk Sonic: How each song pairs with a day of the week
By Devinne Moses | November 29, 2021"An Evening With Silk Sonic” sends R&B’s new favorite super-duo into the stratosphere as Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak deliver their wondrous debut as Silk Sonic.
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On 'TWOPOINTFIVE,' Aminé experiments in fun
By Brooks Finby | November 15, 2021“TWOPOINTFIVE” is an explosion of color — the cover art depicts Aminé’s head, warped and distorted, bursting into a splatter of neon colors. The project shows Aminé having fun and refusing to be boxed in creatively.
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JPEGMAFIA's "LP!" proves he is an artist like no other
By Rhys Banerjee | November 15, 2021Whether you love the album or you can’t stand it, it’s unique to JPEGMafia.
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Authenticity and sadness: Perspectives on Lana Del Rey’s ‘Blue Banisters’
By Lily Zhu and Anna Rebello | November 8, 2021Recess writers weigh in on Lana Del Ray's "most personal album to date"
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Broadway's 'Jagged Little Pill' makes you fall in love with Alanis Morissette's album all over again
By Skyler Graham | November 8, 2021It’s not the first story about being bisexual or a Gen Z activist or questioning your role as a woman and a person in the world. But it is the first time I’ve seen all these stories share the same stage at the same time.