Album Review

“Beautiful and creepy” — these adjectives uttered straight from the mouth of singer (and rhythm guitarist) James Hetfield mid-performance were the perfect words to describe Metallica’s newest album, Hel...

As 2018 comes to a close, it’s important to reflect on what happened and what matters. In the past 12 months, there have been quite a few destructive events: more than 300 mass shootings, Facebook giving away...

“What the hell is this?” I said to myself after excitedly opening Spotify to see a new Tyler the Creator EP. Hot off his critically-acclaimed release Flower Boy (2017), Tyler had fans eagerly waiting to see...

Mumford & Sons was the banjo band, and can be cited as one of the leading forces behind bringing the indie-folk movement to the mainstream. They continue to be one of the twenty-first century’s strangest ...

When Greta Van Fleet first emerged on the scene I was stoked. I sent their album to my family and friends, “These guys sound just like Zeppelin. You have to check them out.” Maybe this was the band that was...

On April 16, 2018, King Krule played an unforgettable show at the Fox Theater in Oakland, and he absolutely rocked the house. Kelsey Lu opened the show with ethereal solos on her cello played softly and with em...

Despite the mushrooming of countless music festivals all over the US, Treasure Island Music Festival put on by Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment stirred up something special. This year’s festival...

“I will scream my lungs out till it fills this room / How much difference does it make?” This helplessness from the song "Indifference" epitomized early 90s music found few better poster boys than Eddie Ved...

Kurt Vile has perfected his paradox in Bottle It In (2018). He sings whimsically about darkness. He stumbles over his words gracefully, looking for meaning. He articulates his thoughts with abstract precision. ...

Kanye West’s solo albums have lacked lyrically for me ever since My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). The verses tend to be fraught with as many enjoyable one-liners as they do unfinished phrases and awk...

“You people are totally absurd”: Jack White tells us how he really feels all throughout his new album, Boarding House Reach (2018). The record covers a wide variety of social critiques and strangely, but f...

In anticipation of the Marfa Myths music festival this April in Marfa, Texas, the indie record label Mexican Summer has released the third album in their “Myths” series. Myths 003 (2018) combines the sound...

“I think male ego is at the root of society’s problems. Fuck if it’s not at the core of our issues.” So says Damon McMahon, better known as psychedelic folk-rock artist Amen Dunes in an interview with ...

Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, Jordan Rakei was a long way from home as he closed out his second North American tour in San Francisco at The Fillmore last Thursday, March 8th. Rakei brings his own...

The highly anticipated conclusion to the trilogy of albums that has springboarded American boyband BROCKHAMPTON into the eyes and ears of the public is finally here. The finale, SATURATION III, has all the char...