Nepotism is one of Hollywood’s hardly-kept secrets (with The Kardashians being one of the most obvious examples) and since the beginning of the industry itself, the music world has been dripping in beautiful, rich, and famous spawn. However, these lucky ducklings shouldn’t be discredited due to ...
5/7 You might recognize electro-R&B angel Tinashe (that’s tee-NAH-shay) from her 2014 summer hit “2 On” featuring Schoolboy Q. You might even recognize her as a voice actor in The Polar Express, Rocket Power and Avatar: The Last Airbender (Seriously... Google it). The point is that Tinashe ...
Release: December 15, 2014 Stars: 6/7 UK singer-songwriter Charli XCX, known for writing Icona Pop’s “I Love It” and singing the only tolerable bit of Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy,” released her second studio album SUCKER in December. After the massive summer success of the first single “Boom ...
6/7 Azealia Banks broke through on Tumblr and shows like UK’s ‘Skins’ in 2011 with her dance rap ode to NYC - “212." Since then her career has been tumultuous to say the least; singles have been thrown around, semi-interesting sea punk mixtapes and EPs have been dropped, twitter beefs have started ...
6/7 Lana Del Rey a.k.a Lizzy Grant rose to fame in 2012 with the sleeper hit “Video Games” that shot her second studio album Born To Die high up on the charts, as well as shrouding her in infamy when she performed said song quite weakly on Saturday Night Live. However, the misstep didn’t slow ...
Released: 5/13/2014 5/7 The Black Keys' 8th Studio album, Turn Blue, has hit us at the perfect time. The summer vibe is strong in this one, and it’s easy to picture yourself blasting this album out of a jeep while the sun sets on the horizon in front of you. All the classic blues and psychedelic rock ...
6/7 Skrillex, post-hardcore rock singer turned to Electronic Dance Music (EDM) darling, just released his 8th album Recess after managing to stay in the EDM sphere despite the rabid fad of dubstep fading away. To say that Skrillex changed the state of music is an understatement, the cultural zeitgeist ...
Released: 2/24/2014 5/7 Stars Indie pop darling Annie Clark, under the stage name St. Vincent, released her fourth and self-titled album St. Vincent on Feb. 24. St. Vincent fans will be sure listen to the album, but should newcomers, traversing the landscape of alternative pop, searching for their ...
Released: 2/15/2014 6/7 stars Cibo Matto (meaning crazy food in Italian) was formed in 1994 by two Japanese ex-pats, Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori, who both now reside in New York City. After releasing two albums, the noise-rock Viva La Woman! and the atmospheric funk-dream Stereo ★ Type A, they disbanded ...
