by Lauren Rosier Giada J’s music career in the United States began not very long ago, but her musical background goes back to the age of eight when she started taking piano lessons. Eventually, she also learned to play guitar and write music. Fast forward to 2013, Giada traveled Read More

The Spook School Try to Be Hopeful Reviewed by: Ziggy Merritt The few overtly political or socially conscious albums that I’ve reviewed this year have all been emblematic of rowdy, queer punk anthems. Once largely hidden within the margins, the genre as a whole has been Read More

The Brainstems No Place Else Reviewed by: Max Miller Photographed before a nondescript alley with tufts of unkempt grass breaking through the cracks in the pavement, the four scruffy young men that make up the Brainstems project an image as dingy and devil-may-care as their Read More

  Rhiannon Giddens Factory Girl Reviewed by: Bryan Culver Rhiannon Giddens EP Factory Girl is an exemplification for which the multi-instrumentalist musicologist has earned her renown: a rediscovering of carefully curated long-forgotten yet potent pop tunes uncovered from Read More

by Donte Kirby Why Tevin Campbell never became a legend the likes of Usher or the longevity of R. Kelly is beyond me. His character Powerline in  A Goofy Movie was great, every song an instant ear worm. Then there’s his sophomore album I’m Ready. Any ’90s babies know the Read More

photos and text by Matt Kelchner It’s been a whirlwind of a ride for Ryn Weaver, the young singer/songwriter behind the viral 2014 hit “Octahate”. Since putting out the insanely catchy song, she has gone on to release her debut full length album, The Fool, via Mad Love/Interscope Read More