Album Reviews
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“It’s been five years tonight” and Poppy’s Flux remains one of the best showcases of human perseverance
A Review of Flux by Poppy By Kayla Harper Poppy’s genre-fluid catalog has taken on many looks throughout her career from alternative pop to heavy metal. Somewhere in the middle is her…
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Growing Up Without Growing Apart beabadoobee Finds Comfort in the Unknown: Pylon Album Review
By Aiden Richards Pylon is the fifth studio album by beabadoobee, and it feels like stepping into a world that is both nostalgic and completely new. With Pylon, Beabadoobie makes it clear…
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Lizzy McAlpine Opens the Door to a New Era
By Aiden Richards Angel is the third studio album by Lizzy McAlpine, and it feels like an album written from somewhere between letting go and still holding on. There’s something incredibly intimate…
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Celebrating 25 Years of Slipknot’s Iowa
By Kayla Harper Slipknot’s Iowa is their darkest and heaviest record to date, recorded at a time when the band’s members were enduring grief, addiction, external relationship conflicts, all while trying to navigate…
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5 Years Later and Turnstile still continues to GLOW ON
By Kayla Harper The Baltimore hardcore punk band, Turnstile, has recently blown up in the music scene after the release of their fourth album, NEVER ENOUGH, in 2025 – going on to…
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Phoebe Bridgers Returns After Six Years with Her Best Album Yet: Lost Weekend
By Kayla Harper It’s been six years since Phoebe Bridgers’ sophomore album, Punisher, hit the shelves, establishing Bridgers’ place among the greats of the indie-alt-folk-rock genre and holding it there with certainty. So,…
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20 Years Later and Stone Sour’s ‘Come What(ever) May’ is More Relevant than Ever
By Kayla Harper Stone Sour’s sophomore record Come What(ever) May remains one of their strongest and one of the most iconic hard rock records of it’s time, with hits like “Through Glass” going platinum in…
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A Journey to Loveland: A Review of Suki Waterhouse’s New Album
By Kaitie Harper British singer/songwriter Suki Waterhouse released her third studio album, Loveland on July 10th, 2026. The album is authentic to Waterhouse’s style of alternative-pop and whimsical music that transports you into…
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Age is Just Another Instrument, Sixty Years Later, They Still Have Something to Say: The Rolling Stones Foreign Tongues Album Review
By Aiden Richards There’s a strange feeling that comes with listening to a new Rolling Stones album in 2026. Part of me expects nostalgia, a polished reminder of what the band once…
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Beyond Our Increasingly Technological Society, Reality Awaits: The Strokes Take A Stand Against AI, Politics and The Music Industry on Their New Record
By Kayla Harper The Strokes latest record, Reality Awaits, landed on July 24 and is the first in six years since The New Abnormal which quickly became an essential Strokes record for…
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Is Jack White’s Frozen Charlotte His Best Solo Album? Album Review
By Kayla Harper While Jack White’s claim to fame was the popularity and longevity of The White Stripes, singles like “Seven Nation Army”, “We’re Going To Be Friends” and “Icky Thump” becoming instantly…
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Gracie Abrams Daughter From Hell Track-By-Track Album Review
By Kayla Harper Gracie Abrams’ third album, Daughter from Hell, arrived on July 17th. Abrams’ sophomore record, The Secret Of Us (June 21, 2024) took her from an under-the-radar bedroom pop/folk gem to…
