At the beginning of the year, I was invited to take on the daunting challenge of listening to a new album daily (or at least 365 albums throughout 2025). IF…
It’s no secret that Kanye West is a raving neo-fascist. I’m not here to explain the comments he made in 2023 regarding black people, Jewish people, and other comments praising…
2024 brought us one of the best years in music in recent memory, providing an insurmountable amount of high quality music. In fact, according to MusicRadar, more music was being…
Charm by Clairo: Creative instrumental tidbits MAKE this album. Rich attention to detail. Thank you. More here. 2. Night Palace by Mount Eerie: Phil Elverum at his most RAW and…
Magnificent. Harrowing. Important. There is so much to be said about this album yet it should be left to speak for itself. There were 28,340 dead as of February 13th…
Image courtesy of Spotify At first, I thought it strange. Last spring I stumbled through the Denver Botanical Gardens alone during block break. I tuned out the hoards of families…
Marie Antoinette (2006), directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Kirsten Dunst, boasts a spunky, youthful soundtrack of indie rock, pop-rock, and post-punk hits. The soundtrack feels like a character itself:…
so I was on youtube and I found this glowing, alchemical gem of premium lo-fi atmospheric black metal, straight out of the arcane unfathomabilities of madison, wisconsin. really takes me…
From the rise of AI sound, trending musical theater to pop singer pipeline (as highlighted by Cat Zhang of Pitchfork), the comeback of shoegaze, and the Pavement and Sufjan Stevens…
By Sadie Almgren, all album art courtesy of rateyourmusic.com As the year comes to a close, I reflect on what album release(s) have defined my year, and similar to the…