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The Neighbourhood’s Latest Album Plunges Into a Sci-Fiesque Universe

September 25, 2020 Carolina Soto Music, Album Review, Alternative, Alternative & Indie

Californian alternative rock band The Neighbourhood released their fourth studio album, Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones, on Sept. 25. The band first teased the album in August 2019 with the single Middle of Somewhere. Now, the highly anticipated album is here with the group decked out in silver-paint and… Read the rest at our website.

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Folklore Is Taylor Swift’s Best Album Yet

July 24, 2020 Carolina Soto Alternative & Indie, Taylor Swift, Music, Album Review

The summer of 2020 left many artists in unforeseen circumstances, with many having to call off headlining tours. Taylor Swift was one of those artists. She was scheduled to perform shows across the globe as part of Lover Fest, a concert tour that celebrates her seventh studio album, Lover… Read the rest at our website.

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Review: Mumford & Sons Comes Full Circle in Delta

November 16, 2018 Corbin Bolies Music, Album Review, Alternative & Indie, Music Review

Even as one of the most successful bands of the past decade, it’s hard for people to understand Mumford & Sons. The most prominent group to arise out of the New Americana wave of 2012, the group has managed to slither its way through a variety of music styles… Read the rest at our website.

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Evolve Takes A Few Steps Back

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

Cover art for Depeche Mode's album Spirit.

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Depeche Mode Gets More Political Than Spiritual

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

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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Discovering Indie Band, Frankie Midnight And The Venus Electric

December 8, 2015 Alexander Aspuru Music, Alumni Spotlight, Alternative & Indie

At Frankie Midnight’s house in Miami Gardens, inside a room plastered with Rolling Stone covers and Michael Jackson posters, Sha tha Goddess, 23, brushes the tips of her fingers across the piano keys. Quiana Major, 21, stands by her keyboard with the anticipation of a conductor. Frankie Midnight, 23,… Read the rest at our website.

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Finding Normalcy In The Reflection Of Arcade Fire’s New Album

November 12, 2013 Angie Martoccio Alternative & Indie, Music Review

“If you want to be righteous, get in line,” sings Win Butler on the Haiti-inspired “Here Comes The Night Time,” just one of the many gems on Arcade Fire’s fourth and latest masterpiece, Reflektor. Influenced by Søren Kierkegaard’s essay, “The Present Age,” the 1959 film Black Orpheus and inspiring… Read the rest at our website.

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Kings of Leon Ride On With Release Of New Album

October 29, 2013 Angie Martoccio Alternative & Indie, Music Review

When I think of Caleb Followill two years ago, Radiohead’s “Karma Police” starts playing in my head. For a minute there, he lost himself. On July 29, 2011, Followhill—the lead singer of Kings of Leon—left the stage at a show in Dallas, Texas, appearing inebriated. He informed the audience,… Read the rest at our website.

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Franz Ferdinand’s Universe Expands With New Album

September 19, 2013 Angie Martoccio Album Review, Alternative & Indie

“How can I tell you I was wrong?/When I am/The Cruelest Man/Ever Born.” For their first album in four years, Franz Ferdinand has returned in anything but the wrong way: Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action is packed with lively, upbeat tracks that contrast stunningly with somber lyrics. Formed… Read the rest at our website.

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