Category: Music Reviews
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The 30 Best Albums of 2025
By Devyn Tammons 2025 is officially in the books, and with that comes another end of the year list of the best albums from the year. There were surprising lows, and even more surprising highs, but all in all, 2025 stands strong with some of the best of the decade so far. Honorable Mentions 30.…
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The Clearing x Wolf Alice – Review
The fourth studio album from the ensemble from London marks a sonic departure from the band’s earlier work, and catapults them to a new era. For over to a decade now, Wolf Alice has been one of the shining gems coming out of the London rock scene. With leading lady Ellie Roswell at the helm,…
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STAR LINE x Chance the Rapper – Review
Chicago Legend of the Mixtape Era Chancelor Bennet returns after six years with his second studio album – and a chance at redemption. You could probably name the number of rappers on one hand that had a more meteoric rise than Chance the Rapper did from 2012 – 2017. If you were in that space…
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143 x Katy Perry – Review
The pop mega star’s first album in 4 years falls extremely flat. Katy Perry is one of the most well known names in pop music. After exploding on the scene in 2008 with her smash hit “I Kissed a Girl”, Perry has remained a staple in the popular music zeitgeist since. She’s sold over 48…
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Charm x Clairo – Review
After 3 years, the much anticipated follow-up to 2021’s acclaimed Sling sees the bedroom-pop pioneer charting new sonic territory. It cannot be overstated just how much the advent of the internet changed the landscape of music. It allowed just about anyone to be able to record and post music for potentially thousands, if not millions,…
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All Born Screaming x St. Vincent – Review
Acclaimed musician Annie Clark reaches a whole new level on her 7th studio album. What’s there to be said about Annie Clark (know professionally by her stage name St. Vincent) that hasn’t been said already? She has an average score of 85 on Metacritic across her 7 studio albums, which indicates “Universal Acclaim” according to…
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Cowboy Carter x Beyoncé – Review
The 8th solo studio album and Act II to 2022’s “Renaissance” sees the Houston, Texas legend embrace the world of all things country. But it’s also so much more. When Beyoncé stole the spotlight for a few moments on Super Bowl Sunday and announced her next record, with country and cowboy motifs, it took the…
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“Coming Home” x Usher – Review
By Devyn Tammons Seeing a career resurgence of late, the pop/R&B icon’s 9th studio album has more than a few head scratching moments. Usher Raymond has been making music professionally for nearly 30 years since his debut “Usher” in 1994. He’s been a household name since “Confessions” took the world by storm 20 years ago…
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“Madra” x NewDad – Review
By Devyn Tammons The long anticipated debut album from Irish rock band NewDad was worth the wait. While new to many, NewDad has amassed a decent following since forming in 2018, garnering nearly 350k monthly listeners on Spotify before the release of their debut album. The band has been busy since forming though, releasing a…
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