Category: Reviews
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‘Miss Anthropocene’- Grimes is Still the Essential Solo Star
On the long-hyped Miss Anthropocene, the Canadian solo artist, supposed singing android, and Elon Musk-child bearer speaks to a planet under the threat of climate change. “I wanted to make climate change fun,” she told Crack Magazine. For 10 tracks she kind of does that. With plenty of lush sonic choices, there’s a mixing somewhere…
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‘High Road’ Review- Kesha Has Reached Her Peak
In Kesha’s words, she’s got her balls back. After her triumphant and bold return with Rainbow, she has graced us with yet another wonderful album. This time around she’s re-embraced her updated party girl image. For a woman who’s gone through serious trauma and is still battling her abuser to this day, High Road is a…
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“Simmer”- The First Taste of Hayley Willams’s Solo Debut
Breathe in. Breathe out. This is how the music video for Hayley Williams’s new single, “Simmer”, begins. It’s also what I was mentally telling myself when I learned that Hayley Williams was putting out her first solo single. Paramore’s lead singer has been a powerhouse since 2005, when the band released All We Know is…
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‘The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show’ is Very Campy, But Very Kacey
With her second Christmas album wrapped around an Amazon special, Kacey Musgraves is taking a shot a Michael Bublé’s throne. The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show is a musical with the “High Horse” singer doing secular tunes alongside her famous friends. She’s the holiday junkie whose house you’d enter in December and immediately spot a row…
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‘MAGDALENE’- FKA twigs’ Return to the Spotlight
A whole three years have passed since we last heard from the British artist, save for a heartbreaking revelation that she had fibroid tumors that derailed her life. On MAGDALENE, she addresses the questions fans have had lately, singing about her hospitalized experience on “daybed” amongst other bleak ballads. The album isn’t as heavy on…