By Meghan Zonno Bad Bad Hats is a three-piece indie rock group from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band is made up of lead singer Kerry Alexander, guitarist/drummer Chris Hoge, and bassist Connor Davison. They formed...
By Sam Taylor City Pop by Benny Sings is a cute, fun album. I didn’t catch some grand artistic venture, but that also didn’t seem to be the point. I enjoyed listening to it...
By Meghan Zonno Badflower’s debut album, OK, I’M SICK, was released February 22nd. I had been anticipating this debut for quite some time now, but I never settled on an idea of what I...
By Samantha Aziz As of late, it seems that every Xiu Xiu album is breaking new ground for the band, and Girl with Basket of Fruit is no exception. While their previous album, Forget,...
By Jacqui Siebar The Canterbury Girls album is a refreshing mix of pop and folk. The album is packed with solid songs that are mostly about love and the complications of it. I loved...
By Sam Taylor *Mujeres by Y La Bamba is an album in both Spanish and English, but I only know a very limited amount of Spanish from High School. I never look up translations...
By Matthew Lawhead Sometimes it can be easy to get too hung up on “originality” when listening to new music. When something fails to grab your attention, it is all too simple to write...
By Spencer Smith For an artist often cited as the innovator of chillwave, one would come to expect relaxing listens from Panda Bear, the solo project of Animal Collective member Noah Lennox. But for...
By John Peterson Let’s play a Toro y Moi drinking game. There’s only one rule. Every time there’s a ~chill vibe~ take a sip. After about 5 songs you’re going to be passed out...
By John Wright I would like to pose a question: in music, how simple is too simple? We often praise simplicity in art: a simple story told well is seen as mature, plots with...
1. Sudan Archives Athena (Stones Throw)
2. Vagabon Vagabon (Nonesuch)
3. Floating Points Crush (Ninja Tune)
4. Teebs Anicca (Brainfeeder)
5. New Pornographers In the Morse Code Of Brake Lights (Concord)
6. Hovvdy Heavy Lifter (Double Double Whammy)
7. Fea No Novelties (Blackheart)
8. Black Marble Bigger Than Life (Sacred Bones)
9. Diiv Deceiver (Captured Tracks)
10. Yeule Serotonin II (Bayonet)
