Tag: album review
Jan. 27, 2017
‘I See You’ marks successful return to form for the xx
In an interview between Pitchfork’s Laura Snapes and the xx, published a week before the band released its first album in five years, co-lead singer…

Jan. 27, 2017
Montreal indie band drops hot debut album
Montreal quintet Heat just released their debut album “Overnight,” a strong entry into the world of atmospheric, almost dreamlike indie pop rock. I first heard…

Dec. 2, 2016
Local band Avenue Eight releases debut EP, ‘Get up on the Get Down’
Local up-and-coming band Avenue Eight released their debut EP “Get up on the Get Down” Nov. 25. This ten-piece group comprised largely of Drexel and…

Nov. 18, 2016
Mad Dragon partners with genre-defying band Jutaun for new EP
Drexel University’s own Mad Dragon Music Group is partnering up with up-and-coming artist Jutaun to release the band’s newest EP titled “Back to Life.”…

Nov. 4, 2016
A$AP Mob drops collaborative ‘Cozy Tapes, Vol. 1: Friends’
In January 2015, tragedy struck the New York hip-hop community. ASAP Yams, one of the founders and de-facto leader of hip-hop collective ASAP Mob, died…

Oct. 14, 2016
KONGOS to come through Electric Factory on tour
Following the discernible success of their single “Come With Me Now” from their sophomore album “Lunatic” in 2012, South-African natives KONGOS released their newest album…

Oct. 7, 2016
’22, A Million’: Bon Iver’s new folktronica masterpiece
Music critics everywhere are fawning over Bon Iver’s new album, “22, A Million,” and for good reason. By now, I’m sure you must’ve already heard…

Jul. 8, 2016
‘Bored to Death’ of new Blink-182 LP, ‘California’
Well, Blink-182 are back from hiatus again with yet another post-break album release. Except this time, it’s without guitarist and co-founder Tom DeLonge. Filling his…

Jun. 3, 2016
The Kills release formulaic fifth album, ‘Ash and Ice’
For a band whose music relies so heavily on themes of sex, drugs and the sort of volatility that comes from a life of rock…

May. 20, 2016
James Blake gives surprise release to ethereal third album
James Blake is a ghost. The British singer and producer will be here one minute and gone the next. He popped up on Beyonce’s newest…
