Not Quite Classic
Album Review - J. Cole - Born Sinner (June 18, 2013 on Roc Nation / Columbia Records). J. Cole’s not there yet. Every track of the North Carolina rapper’s second studio album Born Sinner oozes discordance. Not in the sound — the tracks, for the most part produced…
I Think I’m Going to Buy Me a Gun
Album Review - Scout Niblett - It's Up To Emma (Jeffery Drag Records, May 21, 2013). At first listen, Scout Niblett’s latest release It’s Up To Emma is a melodic, trance-inducing, intuitive self-expression of the modern singer-songwriter trying to find herself in a sea of new voices, all…
…And the Rock Keeps Rolling
Album Review - Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (June 4, 2013 on Matador Records). When one listens to a Queens of the Stone Age record, one is transported to another place. You could take that as my just being poetic, but their music legitimately creates…
