Chance The Rapper: Coloring Book
Chance The Rapper Coloring Book (self-released) I’ll start off by saying that I am a fan of Chance The Rapper. As a blogger though, I will try to be unbiased in this review, which will be hard. I’ve been following his career for a little while now and kind of had the premonition that he would be a star, or at the time had the makings of a great More...
Butch Walker: Stay Gold
Butch Walker Stay Gold (Dangerbird Records) With its flangy guitar, big snare snapping, and singable chorus opener title track, Butch Walker’s new Stay Gold is a 10-song simple rock collection of subtle songwriter More...
SBTRKT: Save Yourself
SBTRKT Save Yourself (SAVE YOURSELF) Save Yourself, the new release from producer SBTRKT, is an electro-R&B, emo escapade that authentically and impressively switches up synthesizers and beats. It features an More...
Sarah Schonert: My Unwinding State
Sarah Schonert My Unwinding State (LyPhyS) “6 O Clock” begins Sarah Schonert’s latest (her fourth) album My Unwinding State. Swirling keys, synth bass, and the lady’s harmonies run through a vocoder with More...
Galapaghost: I Never Arrived
Galapaghost I Never Arrived (self-released) A soft drone synth and picked guitar inform a sweet, sad atmosphere on Galapaghost’s opener “Mazes in the Sky” from their latest I Never Arrived. “Salt Lake More...
Ziggy Marley: Ziggy Marley
Ziggy Marley Ziggy Marley (Tuff Gong Worldwide) Returning with his sixth studio record, the eponymous Ziggy Marley follows 2014’s Grammy-winning Fly Rasta. With a career spanning thirty-plus years, Marley More...
Dolly Parton: Pure & Simple
Dolly Parton Pure & Simple (RCA Records Label Nashville) The sweet shuffle of “Pure and Simple,” about the pure and simple wonderfulness of good love, opens Dolly Parton’s 43rd solo album, Pure & Simple. More...
Descendents: Hypercaffium Spazzinate
Descendents Hypercaffium Spazzinate (Epitaph) There are artists like Bob Dylan and Neil Young who constantly release albums and seem to always be on tour. Then there’s the Descendents. They go on hiatus after More...
Biffy Clyro: Ellipsis
Biffy Clyro Ellipsis (14th Floor Records) “We have achieved so much more than you possibly thought we could,” Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil croons on “Wolves of Winter.” As far as opening tracks go, More...
Holly Montgomery: Leaving Eden
Holly Montgomery Leaving Eden (self-released) “Drunk on the Power” kicks off Holly Montgomery’s new album Leaving Eden. Over its shunking, mid-tempo, staccato stomp, we are quickly grabbed by Montgomery’s More...
