Sia’s newest album, “This is Acting," opened up with a song entitled “Bird Set Free,” which starts off with a simple piano background and grows in power as the song goes on. The song sends a message of empowerment, confidence, and defiance of haters with lines like: “I don’t care […]
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Art Angels Review
Image Source: Grimes Official Facebook Original lyrics, creative beats and a confident performance are the criteria for a good album. Claire Boucher, also known as Grimes, released Art Angels on Nov. 6th, 2015. It is her fourth studio album and it communicates important messages with an upbeat tempo. Spotify […]
Little Mix Review “Get Weird”
Image source: Little Mix Offiicial Facebook Little Mix has always had a very clear message: female empowerment. In past albums they have portrayed messages such as walking away from a relationship that is “Going Nowhere,” having confidence in yourself, and the idea that we all wished we could go back […]
Introducing: The Hunts
Photo Credit to Paper City Music Festival Coming from Chesapeake, VA, this group consists of seven brothers and sisters who recently released their latest album, “Those Younger Days”, out in June. This indie folk group are making incredible progress with their music. We definitely recommend you to take a […]
Meeting up with Mandolin Orange
Photo by Alex Loops Coming from North Carolina, this duo, consisting of Emily Franz and Andrew Marlin, are a country, folk and bluegrass band. They released their newest album, “Such Jubilee,” in May and we were lucky enough to sit down with them at Austin City Limits and talk […]
Introducing the Sugar + Hi Lows
Photo by the Sugar + Hi Lows Coming up from Nashville, Tennessee, this country duo has been making killer country music for ages before getting together. Their newest album “High Roller” came out in June, and we have to say it’s definitely one to listen to. We sat […]
Straight Outta Compton Movie Review
Photo Courtesy from Jaimie Trueblood/Universal Pictures “Straight Outta Compton”, directed by F. Gary Gray, was released on Aug. 14. The movie was a biography based off of the impact that Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, DJ Yella, and MC Ren, together known as ‘80s hip-hop group N.W.A., had on the […]
Spotify Debate: Why Taylor Swift Needs to “Shake It Off”
Photo Courtesy / Brian Doben Singer Taylor Swift made headlines in late 2014 for pulling her discography off of the music-streaming platform, Spotify. “I think there should be an inherent value placed on art,” Swift said in an interview with Time. “I didn’t see that happening, perception-wise, when I put […]
If You’re Reading This, Drake’s Mixtape is Great
Photo Courtesy / Jess Baumung Rapper, singer and Degrassi alumnus Aubrey Drake Graham made waves on the Internet when he released his latest project, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, to an unsuspecting audience. Taking some plays from Beyoncé are we, Drake? However, he didn’t stay completely under the radar, […]
Geraldo Rivera: Talk Show Host, Rap Aficionado?
quot;Hip-hop has done more damage to black and brown people than racism in the last 10 years,” Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera said on HuffPost Live on Feb. 17, thus sparking controversy. Now, I may have missed the memo on when Rivera became an aficionado on rap and hip hop culture, […]