Album Review

March 18th yielded the highly anticipated release of Drake’s sixth full length solo album More Life (2017). It’s his strongest project since breaking free of the tried-and-true formula he perfected on his ...

Bay area artist Khan Solo is a mystery. With a profile picture showing nothing but a shadowy outline, and a bandcamp bio that only says “I’m low-key like seashells,” Solo has a quiet presence, letting his...

“Break you off, yeah, made myself a boss, yeah…” Future trails off before the hook on “F*ck Up Some Commas,” the fifth song on Monster (2014), replays for the fourth time. The verse ends with his crew...

Xiu Xiu, led by South Bay native and creative genius Jamie Stewart, are one of the most interesting, refreshing, consistently abrasive, and unpredictable bands this side of Death Grips. In some ways, they are t...

On the cover of Roadhouse 01 (2017), Allan Rayman stares down the camera, bearded and underexposed. It’s probably the first time listeners have seen him, not that that would upset him – the social-media-and...

Nav has been a darling of hip-hop forums and blogs for a while now, but is a relative newcomer to the charts. The "first brown boy to get it poppin'”  ("Some Way," NAV)  drew a crowd, and after murmu...

It swims like a Future album, quacks like a Future album, and slaps like a Future album. FUTURE is a Future album. So it goes. The Atlanta trap lord has nothing to prove to his masses, and has no desire to s...

The Warfield buzzed with an alacrity rarely seen so late during a Tuesday night on Market Street, February 14. It was Valentine’s Day, but few people seemed to pay that any mind as groups of people hoarded ou...

Courtesy of Michael Lanza Courtesy of Michael Lanza Since the age of three, Michael Lanza has been playing the violin classically; since age 12, he has been playing the saxophone; since age 14, the guit...

Sometime in the last couple of years, British Columbia’s Teen Daze (Jamison) disclosed his last name (Isaak) and relocated to Abbotsford, a quieter part of the Fraser Valley he’s called home the entire time...

There's a few things a gal from Southern California can't live without. Burritos for starters. Somewhere high on that list is surf rock. The Beach Boys, Dick Dale, The Ventures. Sometimes it's hard to indulge i...

Vancouver garage rock duo Japandroids have made a name for themselves as the best guitar/drums act since the late White Stripes. Amassing heaps of critical praise following their 2009 commercial debut Post-Noth...

As the 2010s enter their eighth year, I’ve taken considerable time to reflect upon the decade’s most influential artists. Bands like Beach House came in strong, put out consistent LPs with only minor variat...

It's here. After releasing Lost in the Night (2014), London alt-blues outfit Palace strolled onto the radar with five elegiac tracks effortlessly balancing soaring guitar harmonies and sophisticated diminuendo....

Depending on when you first heard him, Abel Tesfaye - the man behind The Weeknd - has delivered a variation of impressions. Those who first heard of The Weeknd when he released one of the mixtapes within his Tr...