Quadeca, I Didn’t Mean to Haunt You | Mattea Vecera (Posted Spring 2023)
Quadeca wasn’t supposed to be alive for the release of I Didn’t Mean to Haunt You. Almost a year before its release on November 10, 2022, the 22-year-old former YouTube rapper said on Twitter, “I’m currently sitting on the greatest ever posthumous album.” And yet, Quadeca is still alive, this haunting album serving as his life-saving therapy. Read More
Clinton Kane, Maybe Someday It’ll All Be OK | Molly Lindstrom (Posted Spring 2023)
After losing his mother, father, and brother all in one year, 24-year-old Clinton Kane turns his personal trauma into art with his debut album Maybe Someday It’ll All Be OK. The Australian singer-songwriter takes us along his journey towards self-discovery, channeling themes of adolescence, romance and mourning into 9 tracks. Read More
Adele, 30 | Julianne Stein (Posted Spring 2022)
When Adele’s album 21 first hit the airwaves, people were obsessed with her mature-sounding voice and ability to belt out a tune. Now, 10 years later, Adele’s voice continues to grow and ripen with age as heard on her newest album 30. Read More
Saba, Few Good Things | Noah Weinberg (Posted Spring 2022)
Early in his latest album, Few Good Things, Saba reminds the audience of his horrendous past, rapping, “my cousin still supposed to be h-.” He deliberately cuts himself off, not wanting to rehash the themes of previous albums. Following the tragic death of cousin John Walt, Saba poured his grief onto his 2018 album, Care For Me. Met with widespread critical acclaim for its grim introspection, Care For Me catapulted Saba into a different stratosphere of hip-hop fame. Saba returns with Few Good Things, an ode to life’s beauty undercut by his newfound chrometophobia (the fear of losing money), or, as Saba puts it, “the baggage that comes with the bag.” Centered around a cliched attitude of gratitude that’s reflected in the album’s title, Few Good Things ultimately falls short of the Chicago rapper’s previous work. Read More
brakence, punk2 | Rufus Sivaroshan (Posted Spring 2022)
Welcome to the world of hyper pop: the omnishambles of glitch effects from an 80’s video game, auto-tuned vocals talking about using MDMA, and overly produced trap where a metallic ax sound replaces a snare drum. Read More