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Smino Lavishes Listeners with Pure Affection

Smino Lavishes Listeners with Pure Affection

By Oliver Ni November 10, 2022

★★★★★ Smino’s signature smoothness returns with much love. Four years after releasing “NOIR,” Smino has dropped his third studio album “Luv 4 Rent,” treating fans to 51 minutes...

Serena Isioma Shuts Down the Songbyrd With Lyricality, Messages About Self-Love

Serena Isioma Shuts Down the Songbyrd With Lyricality, Messages About Self-Love

By Haley Resnick September 22, 2021

★★★★☆ A coffee shop by day and a concert hall by night, Songbyrd Music House was overflowing with energy to see up-and-coming indie artist Serena Isioma this past Saturday, Sept. 18. Fans...

LA Trio Wallows Serve Uplifting, Dreamy Pop on Remote EP

LA Trio Wallows Serve Uplifting, Dreamy Pop on ‘Remote’ EP

By Maggie McHale October 28, 2020

★★★★☆ Indie pop-rock band and trio Wallow’s most recent extended play, “Remote,” serves as an escapist break from the hazy, COVID-19-pandemic-saturated limbo that has become the world’s ...

21 Savage and Metro Boomin Reunite in Sonically Impressive, Amusing Savage Mode II

21 Savage and Metro Boomin Reunite in Sonically Impressive, Amusing ‘Savage Mode II’

By Ishaan Rai October 8, 2020

★★★★☆ With unorthodox trap beats, energetic flows and multiple appearances by iconic actor Morgan Freeman, 21 Savage’s most recent horror-tinged collaboration with producer Metro Boomin...

EP Roundup: 3 Artists Inspire With Innovative Cross-Genre Beats

EP Roundup: 3 Artists Inspire With Innovative Cross-Genre Beats

By Kira Pomeranz September 17, 2020

As the lull of fall classes begins to settle in, there have been several new EP releases that have proven to be an exciting counter to the dreariness of the everyday Zoom routine. Each of these short...

Taylor Swift Returns to Form With Minimalist Production, Nuanced Storytelling on ‘folklore’

Taylor Swift Returns to Form With Minimalist Production, Nuanced Storytelling on ‘folklore’

By Kira Pomeranz July 31, 2020

★★★★☆ I’m 7 years old again, telling my mom to keep the car engine running so we can finish the song “Teardrops on My Guitar,” hoping that afterward, the radio station will tell me...

Angel Olsens All Mirrors Weaves Glimmering Masterpiece

Angel Olsen’s ‘All Mirrors’ Weaves Glimmering Masterpiece

By Angela Perez October 17, 2019

★★★★★ Angel Olsen’s penchant for dramatic, rhapsodic melodies that crescendo into cathartic ecstasy intensifies across her latest release, “All Mirrors,” which is arguably her best...

@SUMMERWALKER/INSTAGRAM | Summer Walkers Over It is powerful and emotionally vulnerable, exploring raw themes like sex, love and loss.

Summer Walker Exudes Passion, Self-Worth on Debut Album

By Grant Brown October 10, 2019

★★★★★ In her debut studio album “Over It,” Summer Walker shows her range as an emerging R&B artist exploring complex themes such as love, loss and relationship struggles. Across 18 tracks,...

@ZACBROWNBAND/INSTAGRAM | Not completely rejecting their country roots, Zac Brown Band instead attempts to redefine the genre with their own updated take.

Zac Brown Band Makes Country Music With Mainstream Appeal

By Harrison Hunt September 26, 2019

★★★★★ Zac Brown Band, famous for the feel-good country song “Chicken Fried,” makes a bold departure from the status quo of the country genre on their latest release, “The Owl.” The...

Dodie Facebook | Anyone who doubts that YouTubers can be talented musicians needs to listen to dodie’s latest EP, “Human.” Over the course of seven tracks, the British musician weaves a captivating tale about the challenges of love and fame and creating content for public consumption. As her third EP, “Human” movingly demonstrates dodie’s growth as an artist.

YouTube Star dodie Releases Hauntingly Beautiful EP ‘Human’

By Dennese Mae Javier January 24, 2019

★★★★☆ Guilt, loss, frustration, oh my! Rather than maintaining a facade of perfection, British singer-songwriter dodie, formally known as Dorothy Clark, embraces vulnerability...

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Kelela Offers a Radical Reinterpretation of R&B on ‘TAKE ME A_PART, THE REMIXES’

By Timothy McNulty October 8, 2018

Released on the one-year anniversary of her debut album, “Take Me Apart,” Kelela’s “TAKE ME A_PART, THE REMIXES” brings together a massive cast of producers, musicians and other artists to...

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ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Kamikaze’

By Charlotte Lindsay September 9, 2018

★★★★☆ Eminem lashes out at anyone and everyone on his latest album “Kamikaze,” reacting fiercely to the disappointing commercial and critical performance of his 2017 album “Revival.” The...

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