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Album Reviews
September 11, 2017By: Neil MacAlister and Sam Mumford The Autobiography by Vic Mensa Grammy-nominated Vic Mensa dropped his newest album just last month. This is Mensa’s first official album, only having a few singles and EPs previously. His most recent EP was There’s Alot Going On which gave us hits like “Liquor Locker” and “16 Shots.” In Mensa’s new album, he speaks about being a rapper growing up in Chicago: with the problems and troubled childhood, it seems like it was a never-ending roller coaster of extremes. When Mensa isn’t vocalizing his first heartbreak and summer memories in songs like “Coffee &…
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August 9, 2017By: Neil MacAlister and Winona Young Lust For Life by Lana Del Rey In 2012, Born to Die introduced the world to Lana Del Rey, an artist who embraced nostalgia as much as innovation, who mixed small-town Americana with Hollywood…
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August 2, 2017By: Neil MacAlister, and Eva Zhu Scum Fuck Flower Boy by Tyler, The Creator (Officially just called Flower Boy) For years Tyler, The Creator hid behind a myriad of personalities, populating his first three albums with manifestations of his most…
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July 22, 2017By: Alex Bloom, Courtney Miller, Natasha Tar Valtari by Sigur Rós Composed of select instrumentals and explosive endings, almost every minute of this album could be the soundtrack of sensual sex. Each song is framed in about the same way: slow,…
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July 15, 2017By: Neil MacAlister and Courtney Miller Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples Over the years, Vince Staples has been steadily progressing as an artist; sharpening his already deft, evocative lyricism; adjusting his sound to fit his growth; and building his…
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July 9, 2017By: Alex Bloom, Courtney Miller, Natasha Tar Evolve by Imagine Dragons This is an album that could have been so much more. Then again, I shouldn’t be too surprised. Imagine Dragons are, in my opinion, a fairly hit-and-miss group. Their frontman,…
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July 5, 2017By Sera Akdogan and Neil MacAlister Pretty Girls Like Trap Music by 2 Chainz It’s easy to reduce 2 Chainz to a party rapper making turn-up ratchet hits and coasting on punchlines, but over the past few years his music…
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June 27, 2017By:Tiffany Chang and Neil MacAlister Witness by Katy Perry It’s been four years since Katy Perry has released new music and she’s making an explosive return to the spotlight with her latest studio album, Witness. The pop icon is known…
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June 20, 2017By: Tessa Perkins and Neil MacAlister The Road Ahead is Golden by Jon and Roy With an optimistic title, Jon and Roy’s seventh album continues their whimsical brand of indie folk-rock with a bit more realism than their previous works.…
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June 5, 2017By: Neil MacAlister and Ivan Premovic Teenage Emotions by Lil Yachty Review by Neil MacAlister Lil Yachty is a divisive figure in hip hop, a herald of the poorly-labelled ‘mumble rap’ trend, a threat to the old sensibilities of “real”…
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