The Dichotomy of Fame: The Psychedelic Porn Crumpets’ fourth studio album celebrates hedonism while tackling fears Lily Ramus March 5, 2021 Album Review 1 Comment On their fourth studio album, SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound (2021), The Psychedelic Porn Crumpets combine poppy hooks, layered psychedelic textures, and hard riff-based alternative rock, comfortably leaning into a ...
Khruangbin loves music, Oakland loves Khruangbin Dylan Medlock November 13, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Few musicians exude the admiration and joy for underappreciated world music like Houston instrumental trio Khruangbin. The group takes their name from the rough Thai translation for “airplane” and started p...
Frank Ocean’s Blonde is lightyears ahead of 2016 HR Huber-Rodriguez September 9, 2016 Album Review, Reviews The enigmatic Frank Ocean rewrote the book on R&B with his landmark second album, 2012’s Channel Orange, and the anticipation surrounding his latest release has been bordering on sensational. Ultimately, ...
Deakin feels on startlingly sublime solo debut Sleep Cycle HR Huber-Rodriguez May 1, 2016 Album Review, Reviews Animal Collective’s Deakin (real name Josh Dibb) perhaps comes across as the ‘quiet one’ of the group, a moniker attributed to shy, mysterious members of popular bands since the conception of the band as ...
