album reviews
Reviews of albums old and new from iconic artists and up and coming musicians alike.
Sonder Son: An Analysis
Brent Faiyaz, a multi-genre blending phenom, has dropped a classic in his first studio album. How many artist can you say that for? Faiyaz blends beautiful melody, harmonies, and vocals with simple (but addicting) beats and production that creates a minimalist’s dream. While singing about his origins, the artist creates an album with no skips — every song is close to a 10 and vital in creating the narrative of the album.
By Josh Herring5 years ago in Beat
Understanding Kids on Drugs
As mentioned on the vinyl cover of the album, this selection is in no way meant to promote the consumption of alcohol and/or drugs. The concept of this album is the examination of coping mechanisms such as drugs, alcohol, and lust. At the same time, Cole examines larger societal issues including social media, taxes, love, and most the obvious — drugs. From here, we examine these themes in Cole’s penultimate album.
By Josh Herring5 years ago in Beat
ERRA: Album Review
It may only be June, but I’m already declaring Erra’s new self-titled album as the album of the year. Released on March 19th, this is their 5th full-length studio album, and their first album under their new label, UNFD. And it’s arguably their best one yet. This album is powerful, and it hits hard in the best possible way. Everything about it, from the vocals, to the guitar work, to the songwriting, is next level. It’s clear that everyone involved gave it their all, because the authenticity is strong with this one.
By Jaye Ruggiero-Cash5 years ago in Beat
A Musical Journey Into The Past
The start of any new project marks the start of a new life. And the start of the album 'Lost and Found' was, recorded between 2015 and 2018 in the United Kingdom, was certainly a purging experience. It's a semi- biographical collection of songs which spans my early years as a child right up to the present day.
By Liam Ireland5 years ago in Beat
The Sky is Cyan
Back maybe about 20 years ago I was at a weekly Houston area gathering called Metro. Typically there would be a speaker, think early Ted Talks, and some live music. The guest musician that night was a man who I would enjoy many cups of coffee with over the next few years named Seth Woods. As he approached the stage with only an acoustic guitar, a friend leaned over and told me he looked like me in 30 years. We had the same crazy hair and scruffy beards. As luck would have it, I was able to get to know Seth over the next few years. It turned out that we had some mutual friends. When I told Seth this a while later, we realized we were within only a few months of each other! We both had a good laugh about it, but I have to admit that Seth got the short end of that joke.
By Nathan J Bonassin5 years ago in Beat
Scaled And Icy is an explosion of colour in the Twenty One Pilots universe
The new Twenty One Pilots album Scaled And Icy was released on May 21 and provided an epic conclusion to what had been six weeks of undiluted excitement and anticipation for the band’s worldwide fandom.
By Funke Ogunmefun5 years ago in Beat
In Music Commercial Success is a Fickle Mistress
As a singer-songwriter with three solo albums to my name, so far fame and fortune have eluded me. Having said that, it was never about the money anyway. Like lots of artists, I do what I do for the love of it. That being said, it would have been nice to at least recover the costs of making all of those albums. Due to keeping to a very tight budget on production costs for the first two albums (Nobodies Pet and Live and Unsigned') I have thankfully more than recovered the costs for those. The one that I am still in the hole for is the third, 'Lost and Found.'
By Liam Ireland5 years ago in Beat
The Euro-Latin Fusion You Didn’t Know You Needed
What happens when you fuse European roots with Latin music... an explosion of diversity and talent known as ANJEZA! Albanian artists are recognized internationally which has been a tremendous influence in the entertainment industry for a long time... artists such as (Jim Belushi, Dua Lipa, Rita Ora, Gashi, Action Bronson, and even actors Al Pacino, and Roberto De Niro. Did you know they too had an Albanian origin? but have you ever heard ANJEZA -Albanian multilingual singer that found a part of her identity in the passionate and powerful world of Latin American Music
By Gia Santos5 years ago in Beat
