review

By Jane Roser Chris Stapleton has had a good year and it’s well-deserved considering he’s one of the most talented, prolific singer-songwriters hailing from Kentucky since Loretta Lynn (and coincidentally both are children of coal miners). Recently nominated for three Read More

Wolf Alice Visions of a Life Reviewed by Lauren Rosier Wolf Alice’s last release, 2015’s My Love Is Cool, was met with critical acclaim and was one of the best indie records of that year. Before My Love, Wolf Alice was a folk band. Three extended plays later, they made the genre Read More

Jo Passed Out Reviewed by: Bryan Culver Joseph Hirabayashi is a Montreal-via-Vancouver upstart that goes by the moniker Jo Passed. The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist’s debut EP, Out, released via Craft Singles, cranks out energetic guitar distortion, ethereal vocal Read More

The Mantles All Odds End Reviewed by: Max Miller The Mantles have long sat atop the picket fence across which garage rock and beat music chat neighborly. The five-piece hail, as so many of their contemporaries do, from California — San Francisco, to be exact. Their third Read More

by Donte Kirby There was a sea of hands in the air when the beat dropped at the Mad Decent Block Party at Penn’s Landing on Friday Aug. 8th. Trap house was the music of the day. DJ Snake, Mac Diesel and Vic Mensa opened up the show and Diplo closed out the night. At the Read More

(Photos and story by Julianne Cassidy) Background vocalist, now Sony soloist, opens for Josh Groban at Wells Fargo Center “I hate this Country.” In a raw, spur-of-the-moment, unfiltered mutter, Season 4 coach, Adam Levine, extemporaneously summed up the disadvantage of being a Read More