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Category: Critically Acclaimed
Why this album? With how cold it has been the last few weeks in Evanston, I wanted something fresh, something new—I decided to try out a new album, something I had never heard before. I found Rolling Stone’s ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’ (link) and generated a random number between 1 and 500 in […]
Why review this album? Flying Lotus is an artist that has always intrigued me. I’m familiar with his collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, MF Doom, and others but I never really thought to look for an album by him. Lo and behold, Cosmogramma gets mentioned in one of the random lists of albums I found on […]
Why review this album? This is another relatively random selection to get exposure to new music. That being said, ‘Ghosteen’ seems to be nearly unanimously loved by critics and has made its way onto many a ‘Top Albums of the 2010’s’ list. I’m familiar with some other Nick Cave songs but apparently this one is […]
Why review this album? I am an unabashed fan of Kanye West’s music (though not necessarily Kanye West, the person.) However, I was encouraged to review this album by none other than the fabulous Larissa V! Kanye was the first major concert that we attended together, during the infamous ‘Saint Pablo’ tour so I guess […]
Why review this album? 2020 was hard to live through but ‘After Hours’ made it a little easier. The catchy chorus and beat of ‘Blinding Lights’ was everywhere last year from Tik Tok to commercials. In fact, the main impetus for getting this review out now is the Super Bowl where The Weeknd will be […]