Charli XCX Gets Hard on the Vroom Vroom EP
Charli XCX goes into an exciting creative direction on Vroom Vroom, but she is trying to create a hard-edged persona for herrself out of thin air.
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Phil’s Phive: January 2016
The five best albums of January featuring: Rihanna, David Bowie, Fat White Family, The-Dream, and Surgeon. Phil knows whats good so pay attention.
Album Review: David Bowie – Blackstar
Blackstar is an interesting album that proves David Bowie is at his creative best when he teases us with questions he may or may not answer.
Album Review: Disclosure – Caracal
If the Lawrence Brothers are proud of Caracal, then I’m happy for them. Disclosure certainly know how to make a better electro-pop tune than I do.
Album Review: Peaches – Rub
America needs Peaches. Who else is going to flip the gender roles of bukkake? Rub is the new addition Peaches campaign and I’m voting for her for president.
Album Review: Miley Cyrus – Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz
Why Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz is a grand failure is because what's both polarizing and limiting about Miley Cyrus and her aesthetic is turned to eleven.
Album Review: Hilary Duff – Breathe In. Breathe Out.
For what it's worth Arron enjoyed Hilary Duff's Breathe In. Breathe Out. much more than Taylor Swift's 1989, but that's not saying much.
Tove Lo is the Pop Star We Need
With Tove Lo, we have a pop star who encompasses the allure of early Britney, the unabashed sentimentality of Robyn, and the songwriting chops of Sia.
Album Review: Alpine – Yuck
In the end, Alpine's second full length Yuck is an invitation to take the difficulties in one's love life, and dance through them.
Album Review: Fyfe – Control
In finding himself and finding his sound on Control, Fyfe helps us find that life and love is a little more relatable than the world might have us believe.