Summer definitely puts us in all kinds of moods… Here’s what the summer of 2018 sounded like for ACRN! Devon Hannan, Editorial Director: Dance Gavin Dance — “Care” This post-hardcore track has all of the ingredients necessary for a certified summertime banger. From Dance Gavin Dance’s latest chaotic album Artificial Selection, “Care” is about a…
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Movie Review: The Miseducation of Cameron Post
By Jon Fuchs, Music Director [Beachside; 2018] Rating: 8/10 One thing you might not expect from watching the trailer for The Miseducation of Cameron Post, the Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning dramedy about queer teens trapped in a conversion camp, is how well it’s able to take itself seriously while still being really charming. Unlike newer…
Album Review: Lil Yachty – Lil Boat 2
By Jon Fuchs, Music Director [Quality Control; 2018] Rating: 5.5/10 Key Tracks: “OOPS”, “she ready”, “love me forever” Since his quick rise in 2016, Lil Yachty has been one of the most head-turning and mind-boggling rappers to blow up in recent memory. Thanks to his quirky style on albums like Lil Boat and Teenage Emotions, he…
Album Review: Moaning – Moaning
By Jon Fuchs, Music Director [Sub Pop; 2018] Rating: 7.5/10 Key Tracks: “Don’t Go”, “Artificial”, “Does This Work for You” Throughout the early 2010s, Moses Campbell was one of the leading bands in LA’s Smell scene, along with groups like Surf Curse and Abe Vigoda. Before their heart-shattering breakup in late 2014, the five-piece indie…
Album Review: American Pleasure Club – A Whole Fucking Lifetime of This
By Jon Fuchs, Music Director [Run For Cover; 2018] Rating: 7/10 Key Tracks: “all the lonely nights in your life”, “lets move to the desert”, “new years eve” It’s the Big Joyous Celebration, Let’s Stir the Honeypot, the 2016 record from Teen Suicide, ended an important stage in the band’s career. It would be their final…
Group Feature: ACRN’s Most Anticipated Albums of 2018
Will 2018 be as bright as 2017 for music? Here are our most anticipated albums of 2018! Jon Fuchs, Music Director: Current Joys – A Different Age Nick Rattigan has never made a bad record before. Whether it’s with guitarist Jacob Rubeck as Surf Curse or by himself as Current Joys, every record he’s been a…
ACRN’s Top 25 Albums of 2017
Tremendous year. 25 albums. The votes are in–here we go! 1. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN., [Interscope / TDE; 2017] By Jon Fuchs, Music Director DAMN. is only further proof that Kendrick Lamar is one of the greatest rappers of our generation. Instead of creating another concept record like good kid, m.A.Ad. city or To Pimp a Butterfly,…
Album Review: Jaden Smith – SYRE
By Jon Fuchs, Music Director [MSFTSMUSIC; 2017] Rating: 5/10 Key Tracks: “L”, “Falcon” “SYRE. The boy who chased a sunset until it chased him. The boy who had no fear until it faced him. The boy whose words seem to never make sense.” That’s from one of the many confusing interludes in SYRE, the debut…
Album Review: Yung Lean – Stranger
By Jon Fuchs, Music Director [YEAR0001; 2017] Rating: 7.5/10 Key Tracks: “Red Bottom Sky”, “Iceman”, “Agony” Since his rise to fame in 2013, Yung Lean has remained a very divisive figure in the world of hip-hop. With quite a few hit-or-miss tapes under his belt, the 21-year-old Swedish rapper has become an iconic name in…
Told Slant, Yowler, Molly Soda, Wasted Champs at Galbreath Chapel – 11/9/17
Wasted Champs, Molly Soda, Yowler and Told Slant at Galbreath Chapel. Photos by Eric Perzanowski, Claire Klodell, Joe Medlen, Rose Rotunda and Harley Wince.
Album Review: Lil Pump – Lil Pump
By Jon Fuchs, Music Director [Tha Lights Global; 2017] Rating: 4.5/10 Key Tracks: “Gucci Gang”, “Molly” Ok, let’s be real here: Lil Pump is trash. Even his own fans can’t deny that he’s one of the stupidest and most annoying figures in the rap game currently, and his music is no different, as he constantly stumbles his…
Movie Review: Happy Death Day
By Jon Fuchs, Music Director [Blumhouse; 2017] Rating: 3.5/10 How do movies like Happy Death Day get made? What studio executive is sitting there thinking to himself, “Yes! A horror version of Groundhog Day, only this time it’s completely outdated and uninteresting! Just what the teens are craving!” How do audiences boo excellent, original horror…
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