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Ciro’s Five Favorite Albums of 2017

January 12, 2018 Ciro Salcedo Music, Album Review, top 5

Before I start, I feel it’s important to mention that albums like DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar or Melodrama by Lorde won’t be on this list. They were far from bad albums, but the five I’ve selected offer a good mix of genres, and really represent some of the best… Read the rest at our website.

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Revival Is A Disappointing Mess

January 12, 2018 Martina Brady Music, Album Review, hip hop, rap

Eminem’s ninth studio album Revival has become his eighth studio record to top the charts. Released on Dec. 14, the rap-rock and rap-pop album features artists like Beyonce and Kehlani. Unlike the aggressive, offensive persona in his early albums, this new release exposes the rapper’s softer side, seen in… Read the rest at our website.

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Calm Bomb Sets Off Sparks On Debut EP

November 24, 2017 The Reporter Staff band, Music, Album Review

The independent progressive scene is a tough one to categorize, considering it is such a niche genre. Thankfully, one of the few bands to fit the description is actually pretty good. Calm Bomb, a South Florida based band consisting of members Paul Petrac, Nathaniel Spiner and Mitchell Parke, released… Read the rest at our website.

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Miami-Based Band Brings ‘60s Sounds Back

November 10, 2017 Martina Brady Music, Local, Album Review

Cannibal Kids is a Miami based indie-pop band consisting of South Florida natives Damian Gutierrez, Dustin Diaz, Luke Faulkingham and Jordon Hernandez. The musical project started in 2014 as an attempt to recreate the surf rock sounds of the 1960s. They describe their sound as alternative rock “with coastal… Read the rest at our website.

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Hell On Earth Is An Ambient, Somewhat Distant, Album

October 9, 2017 Martina Brady Music, Album Review

Actor/director John Malkovich, composer/producer Eric Alexandrakis, and photographer/director Sandro Miller have partnered together for the electro-ambient record Hell On Earth. The album, the trio’s 6th collaboration, has been described by the music site Spectrum Culture as “a blend of philosophy and electronica that aims to be more than novelty.”… Read the rest at our website.

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Evolve Takes A Few Steps Back

August 23, 2017 Aminah Brown Imagine Dragons, Music, Album Review, Alternative & Indie, Music Review

Alternative rock band Imagine Dragons third and latest album, Evolve, is mediocre and disappointing. Its content, which was released in June, is a gut punch of sorts to the legions of fans who were eagerly anticipating the group’s latest work. Imagine Dragons, which consists of lead singer Dan Reynolds,… Read the rest at our website.

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4:44 Shows Jay-Z’s Growth

August 22, 2017 Roxy Garcia Album Review, Hip-Hop/Rap

4:44 is rapper and songwriter Jay-Z’s latest album. The album, released on June 30, was built around several issues in his life including his relationship with Beyonce, his mother and various social issues. Many view it as a response to Beyoncé’s most recent record Lemonade, which exposed the power… Read the rest at our website.

Cover art for Depeche Mode's album Spirit.

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Depeche Mode Gets More Political Than Spiritual

March 31, 2017 Ciro Salcedo Album Review, Alternative & Indie, Music

Sure, dozens of other outlets reviewing Depeche Mode’s Spirit have writer’s old enough to remember the day this quirky, electronic group released their synthpop debut titled Speak and Spell, while others were there to witness them go into grunge and alternative rock territory with the release of Songs of… Read the rest at our website.

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Ryan Adams Finds Freedom In Prisoner

February 24, 2017 Ciro Salcedo Music, Album Review

There are certain folks and country icons that come to mind when the genre is discussed. Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Simon and Garfunkel. The list goes on. That’s the old school country music, the guys who paved the way for that kind of music. Setting the stage for young… Read the rest at our website.

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Top 10 Albums Of 2016

December 5, 2016 Ciro Salcedo Music, Album Review, Music Review, Top 10

It’s been a crazy year for music. Real-life supervillain and weirdest haircut owner, Martin Shkreli shared some previously unreleased Wu-Tang Clan music, Taylor Swift took the Album of the Year Grammy clearly meant for someone else, and my fingers are crossed in the hopes that Michael Stipe and R.E.M… Read the rest at our website.

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