Tag: r&b
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Peculiar and Innovative ‘Midnight Snack’ by Homeshake Turns 5 This Year
Midnight Snack turned five years old this week. This was the Toronto-based artist Homeshake’s second studio album–not counting two mixtapes. Homeshake (aka Peter Sagar) may be best known as the former guitarist in Mac Demarco’s touring band, but his idiosyncratic lo-fi R&B tracks are wonderfully silly yet infectiously groovy, and they more than stand on…
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The Art of Simplicity: A Look Into Childish Gambino’s “3.15.20”
This article was written during the spring quarter when SCAD Radio wasn’t able to post regularly. Donald Glover, the artist formally known as Childish Gambino, has dropped a new album—and it’s beautifully minimalist. On March 15, 2020, the modern renaissance man teased the album with a loop on the website donaldgloverpresents.com, only to take down…
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Janelle Monáe Introduces New Album with Film
5 years after The Electric Lady, Janelle Monáe returns with her third full-length. Accompanying Dirty Computer is a 48-minute short film to weave together the new release into a poetic story of sexual identity following Monáe recently coming out as pansexual, all crafted with her signature sci-fi flare. The film (ahem, “Emotion Picture”) follows Monáe…
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Trippie Redd Comes Back 2 You With A New Album
The hottest up-and-coming in the underground hip hop scene, Trippie Redd, is back and swinging hard with his new project, A Love Letter To You 2. The r&b artist returns with his classic style of auto tuned singing and signature melodic… screaming? I have no idea what he calls it, but it’s good either way.…