By Kwase Lane, Staff Writer [Photo courtesy of POWER TRIP] Texas metal band POWER TRIP’s Evil Beat festival is set to make its return on January 11, 2020 in Dallas, Texas, at the South Side Ballroom. Read More: EarthGang to perform in Columbus on October 23 on EarthGang – Welcome To Mirrorland Tour The 2020…
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Matt Berninger to release “Walking On A String,” featuring Phoebe Bridgers, for Netflix movie
By Kwase Lane, Staff Writer [Photo courtesy of Chloe Brewer] Matt Berninger, frontman of The National, is set to release his track “Walking On A String” on indie label Dead Oceans on October 17, 2019. The song features vocals from California singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers and appears in BETWEEN TWO FERNS: THE MOVIE, which was released…
Album Review: JPEGMAFIA – All My Heroes Are Cornballs
By Kwase Lane, Staff Writer [EQT; 2019] Rating: 9/10 Key tracks: “BBW”, “Free The Frail”, “Post Verified Lifestyle” JPEGMAFIA is back and better than ever with his third album, All My Heroes Are Cornballs. Peggy takes a more delicate approach to production on this project; however, that doesn’t mean it’s any less bizarre, innovative or…
Album Review: Black Belt Eagle Scout – At The Party With My Brown Friends
By Kwase Lane, Staff Writer [Saddle Creek; 2019] Rating: 7.5/10 Key tracks: “My Heart Dreams” “Run It To Ya” “You’re Me and I’m You” Tinged with discontent, Black Belt Eagle Scout tries to make sense of her place in the world on her second LP, At The Party With My Brown Friends. Like her debut…
Death Cab For Cutie, Mitski, Janelle Monae and more donate setlists to auction fundraiser
By Kwase Lane, Staff Writer [Photo courtesy of Setlists for Young Voices] Several well-known musicians, including Death Cab For Cutie, Mitski and Janelle Monae, donated their setlists to Setlists for Young Voices for a fundraising auction that ends on May 2. All proceeds from the auction will benefit the Ministry of Stories in London and The International Congress…
Album Review: Anderson .Paak – Ventura
By Kwase Lane, Staff Writer [Aftermath; 2019] Rating: 7/10 Key tracks: “Come Home”, “Make It Better”, “Winners Circle” Just six months after his latest project, Oxnard, Anderson .Paak returns to the music scene with Ventura. Oxnard was launched with a lukewarm response from many of .Paak’s fans, but Ventura sees him returning to a style…
Album Review: Wallows – Nothing Happens
By Kwase Lane, Staff Writer [Atlantic; 2019] Rating: 7.5/10 Key tracks: “Are You Bored Yet?”, “Scrawny”, “Ice Cold Pool” On their debut album, Nothing Happens, Wallows dyes their colorful, upbeat instrumentation a dark gray with their moody vocals. The project is filled with songs that make for excellent background music, but it rewards close listeners…
What’s Going On – April
By Kwase Lane, Staff Writer Even though the school year is winding down, that doesn’t mean the music is going to leave with it. Here’s a look at all of the events going on this month. Who: Yuckmouf, Wormtooth, Taung Child When: April 1 Where: The Babecave The Babecave will feature Philadelphia bands Yuckmouf and…
Album Review: Solange – When I Get Home
By Kwase Lane, Staff Writer [Columbia; 2019] Rating: 5/10 Key tracks: “Stay Flo”, “Almeda”, “My Skin My Logo” On When I Get Home, the listener finds Solange in a peculiar position. Her fourth studio album, Solange embarks on a new path, one more stripped back than she previously explored on her earlier project, A Seat…
Album Review: Lil Pump – Harverd Dropout
By Kwase Lane, Staff Writer [Warner Bros.; 2019] Rating: 3/10 Key tracks: “I Love It”, “Off White”, “Vroom Vroom Vroom” In his sophomore album, Harverd Dropout, Lil Pump shows how far he can fall as an artist. Most of the tracks on this project find Lil Pump lacking his signature bombastic energy that brought him…
The Jonas Brothers reunite, drop new single after six-year hiatus
By Kwase Lane, Staff Writer [Photo courtesy of the Jonas Brothers/Republic Records] After a nearly six-year hiatus, the Jonas Brothers have finally decided to grace the world with their voices once again. The group announced their reunion Thursday morning and, at midnight of the next day, released a music video that shot to the top…
Emo Prom 2019 Q&A: Tweens
By Kwase Lane, Staff Writer [Photo by Joe Medlen] Q&A with guitarist and vocalist Bridget Battle and guitarist Phil Valois of Tweens. So, you guys have been together for a while, right? Bridget: No, not necessarily. I’ve been a part of Tweens since about the latter half of 2012 and I had an initial lineup…
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