As the portal closes behind her, Melanie Martinez parts ways with her character Crybaby and introduces Circle in her fourth album “HADES.” On March 27, Martinez released “HADES” as the first of her two albums to come out in 2026. The story behind...

This previously ran in our April 2023 print issue.  In the early 2010s, up-and-coming popstar Lana Del Rey made her industry breakthrough with her second studio album, Born To Die. The sound of Born to Die is what many people associate with Del Rey...

When we take Stand By Me (1986), Clueless (1995), or The Breakfast Club (1985), we are looking at what many claim to be some of the greatest coming-of-age films of all time. While coupling life’s unpredictable and often mundane events with bold, unique...

Nearly four years after their last venture, Foo Fighters return with their first album of the new decade, Medicine At Midnight that came on Feb. 5. For over 25 years, Foo Fighters have been delivering solid slabs of popish rock that have garnered the...

R&B/Soul icon, The Weeknd, maintains his position in the music industry with his latest album, After Hours, igniting a feeling of shared heartache and loneliness. In Nov. 2019 he teased fans by releasing “Heartless” and “Blinding Lights”...

To say the least, the 2010s were a chaotic decade both artistically and non-artistically. The world lost many great musicians including Amy Winehouse, George Michael, Chris Cornell, Glenn Frey, Chester Bennington, Whitney Houston, Prince, and Tom Petty...

After seven long years, Neil Young and Crazy Horse have reunited once again in collaboration to produce Colorado. Recorded 9,000 feet above sea-level at the Studio in the Clouds in Telluride Colorado, the album is Young’s 39th studio record. With bassist...

The ninth installment in the Kanye West saga finally dropped on Friday, Oct. 25, almost exactly one month after it was supposed to originally release.  Initially aiming for a Sept. 27 release, JESUS IS KING suffered from a similar error as 2018’s...

Florida native and highly talented rapper Denzel Curry totes his Miami upbringing and prolificacy on fourth studio album ZUU that dropped May 31. Curry has had a great year so far; he’s dropped three singles, a groundbreaking Rage Against the Machine...