Showing 73 results for "Album Review"
APRIL 01, 2020
Reflecting on Angel Olsen’s All Mirrors
By Riley Younger Angel Olsen tackles themes of love, taking a chance on it, losing it and expressing it on her fifth studio album, All Mirrors. The St. Louis native …
MARCH 27, 2020
How I’m feeling about “~how i’m feeling~”
By Martha Kowalski After many years it brings me great joy to finally say the words: Lauv has released a debut studio album. Since 2015, singer-songwriter Ari Staprans Leff – …
MARCH 12, 2020
Double Take: Princess Nokia’s Everything is Beautiful and Everything Sucks
by Shelby Len Brooklyn rapper
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Everything Seems to be Numbness Around: King Krule’s “Man Alive!” Review
by Sean Horvath Music has a tendency to focus on emotional extremes. Anything from triumphant joy to crushing heartbreak can be used as fuel in crafting a new hit album …
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Letting Noname Go: Room 25 Album Review
by Izzi Bavis[NOTE: I originally wrote this in June, 2019. There is a brief reflection at the end which was written in February, 2020.] It took me back to …
OCTOBER 20, 2019
Girl Band: “The Talkies” Review
Author: Daniel Palmeter Album Rating: Girl Band has a reputation for creating noisy music. That may even be an understatement. Their 2014 release Holding Hands With Jamie was received as …
NOVEMBER 06, 2018
Brian Eno- Discreet Music Album Review
Author: Ben FarrellTo kick off the monthly throwback album review series here at WSUM, we’ve chosen a record whose minimalism is its defining feature. Brian Eno’s 1975 LP Discreet …
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Trivium- The Sin and the Sentence Album Review
Author: Dan Doherty Trivium, a metal band from Florida, released their eighth studio album, The Sin and the Sentence, on October 20, 2017. This new album contrasts strongly to their …
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
Noname- Telefone Album Review
Author: Izzi Bavis Fatimah Nyeema Warner, more commonly known as Noname, brought out the chiller side of Chicago’s rap scene in late July of 2016. Telefone, a ten song, …
AUGUST 27, 2018
Bummer- Holy Terror Album Review
Author: Jordan Jerabek I don’t want to jinx anything, so I’m not going to claim that we’re amidst a “noise rock renaissance.” What I will say, though, is that we …
AUGUST 23, 2018
Spaceslug- Eye The Tide Review
Author: Jordan Jerabek Last year, Polish trio stoner doom trio Spaceslug coughed up two worthwhile slabs of psychedelic and forward-thinking beefiness. They are great albums, but more importantly, they cemented the group’s …
APRIL 06, 2018
Among the Noise: Ben Frost’s All That You Love Will Be Eviscerated
Author: Tyler Dallman
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