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How long can they rely on the same formulas to generate their music? With Smoke + Mirrors, it would seem they intend to find out.
Fifty Shades of Grey, the controversial and best-selling book-turned-movie, is accompanied by several different shades of music
While it may not achieve the heights of Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar’s appearances in recent years, LDOC 2015 should be a return to form for Duke’s biggest concert.
Kodaline may have taken a few more pages out of Coldplay’s book with Coming Up for Air than one might like, but they salvage their identity with a few standout tracks that separate them from this...
With soaring ballads and thick, entrancing beats, Panda Bear shows us how to tune out extraneous distractions and exist thoroughly in the present.
While it falls well short of inspirational, Wallflower is slightly moving as a show of love and nostalgia for the past.
"When I used to listen to records in the ‘80s as a teenager, they were singing to you and telling you stuff about life you didn’t know. It was in the lyrics and it was in the feeling.”
Nicki Minaj has chosen to please everyone, and she has largely succeeded.
"That’s certainly what this represents for me––hard working paying off––which is very humbling but exciting."
All in all, Classics’ modest ambitions and scope lead to modest returns.
Expertly curated by 18 year-old phenom Lorde, the album’s turbulent electronics and pop savvy make it a fitting companion for Suzanne Collins’ most emotional book.
So few indie rock bands maintain their own original and persisting sound as TV On the Radio. Their latest album is no different.
With so many emerging artists waiting to dethrone the top, in a few years, you’re new favorite moderately successful rapper could be one of the biggest names in music.
Taylor Swift aspires to be just like us, and we, as her audience, love it.
Taylor Swift aspires to be just like us, and we, as her audience, love it.
"The band has always been interested in all kinds of synths and sounds but this record seems to be exploring the synth avenue for sure."
With Tough Love, Ware proves how far she’s come and how much further she plans to go.
With 1989, Swift breaks out of her comfort zone and hardly misses a beat.
This album rips and shreds and jams and thrashes. It demands to be heard.
Anyone who has frequented Shooters in the past couple months is probably no stranger to “2 On."