Mind Equals Blown

From the first time I heard “Little Talks” last year, I thirsted for more Of Monsters and Men. Finally, they have released their debut album My Head Is An Animal; ladies and gents, it does not disappoint. After making a splash at this year’s SXSW, it is the perfect timing for their debut release in

First and foremost, I need to address the genre that I have labeled this. You see, it’s really impossible to put Sharks into a box. From sounding punk, to pop, to ska, to retro, No Gods really doesn’t fit into just one easily definable category. With all this variety, there isn’t a dull moment in

For a band whose members met while opening on an Interpol tour, it is of no surprise that they would create beautifully mystical soundscapes. School of Seven Bells has just released their third and most refined record, Ghostory. SVIIB’s new lineup may play a part in the polished new sound; vocalist Alejandra Deheza’s twin sister

Jimmy Fallon truly helped introduce Wrecking Ball in a larger-than-life fashion by dedicating the entire week to Bruce Springsteen. Among interviews and sneak-previews of “Jack of All Trades” and “Death to My Hometown”, there were also awesome celebrity appearances by Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, The Roots, and new E Street Band saxophonist Jake

Young and Old is named accurately, for it keeps true to its predecessors while debuting a somewhat matured sound. Harder guitar lines paired with the tambourine and Alaina Moore’s light vocals makes for an interesting evolution in their sound, while staying true to what we’ve always loved about Tennis. It’s still that beach-pop reminding us

Ever since I first heard “Hard Believer” off 2010’s The Big Black & The Blue, I couldn’t wait until First Aid Kit came out with a new album to grace my ears. With only a taste of the folksy beauty with their 2011 rendition of Buffy-Sainte Marie’s “Universal Soldier” released on Jack White’s Third Man

Foxy Shazam means cool. I mean that figuratively and literally; vocalist Eric Sean Nally’s high school cronies used “foxy shazam” to describe things that are cool, which is where the name came from. And figuratively, everything about Foxy Shazam is just cool. The prog-rockers from Cincinnati have always been doing their own thing, repeatedly resulting

Lana Del Rey: perhaps one of the most controversial hipsters in pop culture today. Some love her, most hate her, and I am certainly a member of the latter. After this weekend’s crash and burn performance on Saturday Night Live, more and more people are coming to agree with me. People think she is awful