Category: Reviews
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Hayley Williams of Paramore Puts Out Most Poetic Album Yet
Hayley Williams has done it again. Less than a year after her release of her first solo-album Petals for Armor, she has self-composed her new 42 minute album FLOWERS for VASES / descansos. It takes us along her road of healing, processing familial traumas, self-destructive patterns, and the joys of life and memories. The album…
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Zerwee Captures the Sound of Pinkerton Without the Immature Lyrics
I don’t think it’s controversial to say that Weezer’s most recent output has been less than stellar. As with any artist, die hard fans are going to cry out, “I wish they’d just make a new album that sounds just like their best album!” However, Weezer is a such a unique position that not only…
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OK Human Takes Weezer in a Surprisingly Pleasant Direction
When Weezer formed they had been struggling to make it big, but when they burst into the mainstream scene with their self-titled blue album in 1994, they had massive success with the singles “Undone – The Sweater Song”, “Buddy Holly”, and “Say It Ain’t So” off the album. They had made their mark as a…
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Miley Cyrus Transforms into Rock and Roll Icon with New Album
On November 27th, 2020, we were blessed with Miley Cyrus’ new pop-rock album Plastic Hearts, and I will say right now that the outcome was beyond impressive. After Miley Cyrus released her single “Midnight Sky” and performed “Heart of Glass” on the virtual iHeart Radio Festival, it was no surprise that Cyrus announced a rock-inspired…
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YUNGBLUD Releases More Anthems for the Strange
On December 4th musical artist YUNGBLUD, AKA Dominic Harrison released his new album weird! to the public, and to say it directly, the album is great. Harrison’s music has been rooted in the theme of encouraging the different, the crazy, the alternative, and the angsty. Weird! follows suit— it’s filled with a variety of sounds…
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Karen Dalton Doc Sheds Light on Enigmatic Folk Musician
In My Own Time: A Portrait of Karen Dalton self-admittedly sets out to complete an impossible task. It tries to paint a portrait of someone who intentionally obscured herself from the public eye. Folk singer-songwriter Karen Dalton lives in an ambiguous region of fame. She’s well-known and beloved by a devoted cult following, but she…