“Ok, listen. I know this album is one of the most contentious releases of the past decade. I know it sparked one of the largest popular discussions around music and personal freedoms.”
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Horrorcore, metal rapper Ashanti Mutinta—aka Backxwash—returns with her fourth LP, HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING. The album serves as the final piece to a trilogy.
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I had no idea that Djo and Joe Keery were the same person. That’s right — the former Post Animal member and current Stranger Things star also makes music — and it’s pretty darn good.
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The first track off Nacarile, the third studio album from Puerto Rican artist iLe, starts unexpectedly with a wavering, extraterrestrial coo reminiscent of 1950s science fiction programs. iLe is known for pulling from traditional Caribbean genres like bomba, mambo, and bolero while maintaining a masterful balance of lament and defiance, but “A la deriva” immediately signals a new era of experimentation in her career.
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The album’s name, Darklife, is a perfect description of the story that unfolds through the power of sound as opposed to words on this record. The opening track, “Stay,” offers listeners the feeling of sitting in a rocketship, picking up speed as they clear the skies to journey out towards the cosmos. The progression of the synths speeding up to culminate into a cold slow rhythm, the rocket now floating adrift in space, is a beautiful demonstration of the capacity of production.
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The album is about feeling sh*t and I honestly think that’s why I like it. Each song uniquely speaks to the anxiety and dark times revolving the pandemic (and life in general), while offering the lively indie-rock hooks and harmonies that we all love. The integration of high energy vocals and sun-kissed rock & roll percussion throughout the album is the perfect combo that makes any Spacey Jane album brilliant.
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Isabella Lovestory knows how to make an entrance. On 2020’s “Kitten Heel,” she walked into the party with a click click click. But on her debut album Amor Hardcore, released Oct. 5, Lovestory arrived with a bang.
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A collaboration between indie artists Asian Glow and Weatherday, Weatherglow arrives in the middle of the 5th wave emo revival (as if it ever died!~) with furious, mathed-up guitar riffs and wailing that sounds like Cap’n Jazz without a sore throat, only to abruptly transition into mellow, heartfelt moments and shoegazing breakdowns that make you feel aptly like disintegrating up into the air while your bed melts beneath you.
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King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard’s discography is no stranger to reminding us all of our impending doom of ecological disaster and this newest release is no different. Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava is a kaleidoscopic blend of bouncy, fun tunes.
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What’s so shy about Shygirl? This is, after all, the same person who proudly boasted about how she “won’t ever meet your mum, but your daddy’s on the phone” and about needing a “big dick boy” to satisfy her needs (see: 2020’s “FREAK” and 2021’s “BDE”).
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Check out KXSC DJ Danny Darko (Fitz) and interns Michaela, Mia, Shiloh, and Hannah’s reviews on these newly released albums.
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...Discovers Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop plunges the listener into chaos. The first track “Junkman’s Song” features a crass vibraphone followed by a funky, slow bass line. The vibraphone repeats the same few notes while the bass handles the melody.
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