Category: CD Reviews

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...

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...

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...

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...

Bigoa Machar, Arts Editor  Macklemore LLC | Score: B+ For the longest time, I looked at Macklemore as the calzone of rap music: he’s not great, but if it’s there, I’ll enjoy it. Would...

Brett Luft. Staff Writer  Rise Records | Score: A While Dissonants stays mostly true to the bands roots, it also promises a lot more from the band in the near future. This is because...

Bigoa Machar, Arts Editor  Top Dawg Entertainment | Score: A This was honestly the best surprise I could have asked for. Out of nowhere, King Kendrick decided to lay it on us give us...

Beck Patterson, Contributor Coax Records | Score: A+ Calgary native Rae Spoon’s latest release, Armour, is a fresh take of Spoon’s signature haunting melancholy. Following up 2013’s My Prairie Home’s blend of folk and...

Bigoa Machar, Arts Editor G.O.O.D Music | Score: B+ Controversy. Craziness. Carefree. All of the above can be used to describe the process leading up to Kanye West’s latest project. Me, being the Kanye...

Brett Luft, Staff Writer Universal Music Enterprises | Score: B+ Wolfmother is sticking to its roots and delivering a hard rock sound that hasn’t strayed much from the band’s 2005 self-titled released. But while...