CD Review: Touch by July Talk
July Talk’s reputation has been built on its dichotomy between light and heavy. From Leah Fay and Peter Dreimanis’ battling vocals, to songs prone to quickly changing from soft to heavy in a heartbeat....
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CD Review: Wild World by Bastille
Bastille’s new album Wild World was well worth the wait. The lyrics of each song flow together like lines of poetry, and the samples used from some of the band’s favourite films add a...
CD Review: My Woman by Angel Olsen
“I’ll let the light shine in/ It’s not gonna kill you” are lyrics off My Woman that particularly stand out in comparison to Olsen’s last album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness. Still true...
CD Review: Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight by Travis Scott
Birds isn’t going to disappoint anyone, which perhaps is its biggest flaw. The biggest surprises are the features after the first listen, and after that, nothing. It’s a massive album, perhaps overstaying its welcome...
CD Review: Blond by Frank Ocean
August saw alt-R&B enigma Frank Ocean emerge from his shroud of hype and mystery to grace the world with two new collections of music: visual album Endless, and Blond(e), the follow up to 2012’s...
CD Review: Emotion: Side B’s by Carly Ray Jepsen
Emotion by Carly Rae Jepsen is my absolute favourite pop album in recent years – probably even this decade. When I heard about Emotion Side B, I was super excited and I expected only...
Blank Face LP Review
Schoolboy Q Blank Face LP Top Dawg Entertainment Grade: B One of the more anticipated albums of the summer hip hop calendar, Schoolboy Q’s fourth studio album tells the story of the...
Music Review | ZAYN: Mind of Mine
Bigoa Machar, Arts Editor RCA | Score: B Now that the tears of One Direction fangirls around the world have dried up after Zayn Malik’s departure from the band, his debut solo album isn’t...
Music Review | MONKEY MAJIK: Southview
Brett Luft, Staff Writer Universal Music Japan | Score: A “Southview” is the 10th studio album by Japanese-Canadian electro-rock band MONKEY MAJIK and because of the bands Japanese roots, it’s probably flying under most...
Music Review | 2 Chainz: Collegrove
Bigoa Machar, Arts Editor Def Jam Records | Score: C Listening to 2Chainz is kind of like watching an episode of Spongebob Squarepants. You know there’s not much substance to it, and what’s there...
