Bustamoo

Online, long-distance relationships are the insufferable discomforts that come along with the rise of the internet. As we became more connected and the world felt like it shrunk into a phone screen, distance has never truly been felt until you realize the world keeps turning when someone isn’t by your side. It’s something that has been etched into the public consciousness since the 1990s, and the thin line that one needs to walk to make a relationship work long-distance can be ... read more

Atlanta, GA based mathcore band The Callous Daoboys. With the fallout of bands like The Dillinger Escape Plan and The Chariot, two of the genre’s most important acts, there have hundreds of music journalists heralding the next band as the new torch-bearers of the genre. Whether it be British bands like Rolo Tomassi or Ithaca, to US bands that have run amok such as Vein.fm, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, or .gif from god. The Callous Daoboys, however, completely rip up the concept of ... read more

22, a Million is a cry for...something. Its songs, rather than just being songs, act as vignettes—a breadcrumb trail that follows itself and ends where it began. And after placing these crumbs and realizing where he was, Justin Vernon created a cryptic, deafening plea for stability outside of this self-made insanity. There are some things that you can never move forward from. The things that beat your psyche to death, leaving it as a wandering in ghost stuck in circles. I’ve found ... read more

Janet Jackson after the Jackson 5, after constant record label, and before her prime. Janet, along with songwriting giants Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, created a fun, cut-and-dry pop record that helped give new jack swing the pop sensibility it was needing. The rigid, swinging, danceable, HUGE rhythms all over this album are unstoppable, and are backed by growling bass synthesizers and ganged vocals. Songs like "Nasty", "What Have You Done for Me Lately", and "The ... read more