As someone who grew up in the 2010’s, watching the Weeknd’s astronomical rise to fame has been a bit surreal. His hit mixtape House of Balloons is easily one of the most defining and essential Pop/R&B records of the last 20 years, and since then, he has released a slew of massively successful singles and albums. Whether it be the brooding and sexually charged “The Hills” or the anthemic smash hit “Blinding Lights”, Abel Tesfaye (aka The Weeknd), has been ... read more
Born out of the New England Conservatory of Music in 2004, four college musicians came together to create a band dedicated to upbeat and joyful music that simultaneously incorporates their various musical influences into a genre-melding listening experience. Acclaimed jazz vocalist Rachael Price, guitarist and trumpeter Mike Olson, upright bassist Bridget Kearney, and drummer Mike Calabrese named the group Lake Street Dive, after an infamous Minneapolis street packed full of dive bars. Their ... read more
On March 28, 2017, one of the highest grossing concert tours in the world began, featuring the notoriously talented and sensual American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars. This nearly two year long tour, celebrating his third full-length album 24k Magic as well as songs from Unorthodox Jukebox and Doo-Wops & Hooligans, raked in over $367 million and received countless awards, and certainly established Bruno Mars’ as a groundbreaking and legendary touring artist. Spreading over North ... read more
“Fuck all the bullshit you going through right now/If you feeling sad, alone, depressed, upset/Fuck that, it’s time to get up, go have some fun/Shake some ass!”. These are the first lines you hear when you press play on Aminé’s TWOPOINTFIVE, and they act as the most blatant guidebook to enjoying the record. Aminé, despite being quite popular, has never really seen consideration in the conversation of the best rappers of the last 5-10 years. His ... read more
In 2018, Parquet Courts released their most widely praised and loved album to date; the post-punk masterpiece that is Wide Awake!. Fans took to this album with a fervor, as it mixed passionate lyrical themes of political injustice with a knack for unrivaled groove and infectious songwriting. The album was lauded by critics and fans alike as not only the band’s best work to date, but one of the best punk-inspired albums of the 2010s. The record aged like a fine wine, the political themes ... read more