By Eli Schoop, Copy Editor [Caldo Verde; 2017] Rating: 5/10 Key Tracks: “God Bless Ohio”, “Philadelphia Cop” Mark Kozelek knows he’s an old man. Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood is his statement regarding that fact, and it’s a doozy. At just over two hours, Kozelek is determined to expose every…
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Album Review: Migos – C U L T U R E
By Eli Schoop, Copy Editor [Quality Control; 2017] Rating: 6/10 Key Tracks: “Bad and Boujee,” “Deadz,” “Kelly Price” Migos is now a fad. Rather than being judged as a sort of rap boy band churning out hit after hit, their music is akin to a “Macarena” or a “Crank Dat”, seeping into the public consciousness…
Live Review: Danny Brown at The Grog Shop
By Eli Schoop, Copy Editor Saturday I went to see Danny Brown at the Grog Shop for what promised to be an amazing show, with Maxo Kream and Zeelooperz headlining. I didn’t get to see Zelooperz, however by that horrendous name I probably wouldn’t want to. Maxo Kream was in the middle of his set by the time…
Album Review: The Men – Devil Music
By Eli Schoop, Copy Editor [We Are The Men; 2016] Rating: 5/10 Key Tracks: “Dreamer,” “Violate” There is a weird gulf between modern avant-garde music and the average indie-rock band. The memories of great rock bands are conjured because they provoked that avant sensibility and pushed the boundaries of guitar music. It seems ludicrously hard to…
Album Review: Kool A.D. – HAVE A NICE DREAM
By Eli Schoop, Copy Editor [Self-Released; 2016] Rating: 4.5/10 Key Tracks: “WHO AM I?,” “JUST LIKE MAGIC” Kool A.D. apparently does not like to be typecast. He is a man of many modes, trying out sounds like free samples at Costco, dabbing in the methodology of prodigy while being uninterested in maintaining easy classification. This is…
Album Review: Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
By Eli Schoop, Copy Editor [Warp; 2016] Rating: 8.5/10 Key Tracks: “Lost,” “Golddust,” “When It Rain” In the canon of major label Danny Brown releases, the 35-year-old’s mentality has drastically shifted throughout each release. Easily one of the most unique rappers in the game right now, the psychology of a highly intelligent man has deteriorated parallel to…
Album Review: Preoccupations – Preoccupations
By Eli Schoop, Copy Editor [Jagjaguwar, 2016] Rating: 6.5/10 Key Tracks: “Anxiety,” “Zodiac,” “Sense” A key component of Preoccupations’ music is existential dread. This encapsulates from everything they do, from the downtrodden former members’ stint in Women to the current pledge as newly retitled Preoccupations. While Preoccupations builds upon this past ethos as succinctly as possible, it doesn’t…
Album Review: Father – I’m A Piece Of Shit
By Eli Schoop, Copy Editor [Awful; 2016] Rating: 4/10 Key Tracks: “Fuck Up The Sheraton,” “Slow Dance 2” Are you the type of Father fan that likes “Look At Wrist?” Would you enjoy an album full of songs like that? If you answered yes, steer clear of I’m A Piece Of Shit. This is the type…
Feature: Jawbreaker’s Dear You vs. 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
When great discography meets an abundance of content, then emerges the question of “Which album is superior?” Almost like clockwork, future releases soon become a platform for debate. A pinnacle example is 90s emo band, Jawbreaker. Two of ACRN’S own dueled it out between Jawbreaker’s Dear You and 24 Hour Revenge Therapy. Having trouble deciding…
Movie Review: The Witch
By Eli Schoop, Copy Editor [Parts and Labor; 2016] Rating: 8.5/10 Puritan society in Anglo countries were arguably some of the most terrifying societies in modern memory. The demonization of young women (think Salem Witch Trials) is put on full display in The Witch, a horror-thriller directed by Robert Eggers, that is as much unsettling…
Album Review: She’s Beautiful – Ok
By Eli Schoop, Copy Editor [Self-Released; 2016] Rating: 4/5 Key Tracks: “A Green Field,” “Oh Why,” “Rainbow” How does one deal with depression? It’s a very common disease, one that afflicts far too many to count. Frank Haught a.k.a She’s Beautiful seems to have figured that music synthesizing their internal feelings is the way to self-actualization. Their…
Album Review: Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
By Eli Schoop, Copy Editor [G.O.O.D. Music; 2016] Rating: 4/5 Key Tracks: “Ultralight Beam,” “Feedback,” “No More Parties In L.A.” All the chaos, all the feuding, the self-destruction, the narcissism–it’s all led to this. The Life of Pablo is Kanye West’s eighth studio album, and there’s air of finality to it that’s presumably deliberate. Let’s engage with…
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