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Category: Music Reviews

Review: boygenius: “$20,” “Emily I’m Sorry,” “True Blue”

Posted on January 21, 2023January 22, 2023 by Haley Gilbert

Oat milk latte drinkers rejoice, supergroup boygenius is officially back. Consisting of members Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, the indie-rock trio announced Wednesday that they will be releasing their long-awaited debut album The Record on March 31 with Interscope Records. In conjunction with the announcement, they released three new songs: “$20,” “Emily I’m…

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Review: Bad Bad Hats: “It Hurts (Demo)”

Posted on January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 by Haley Gilbert

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of their debut EP It Hurts, Minneapolis-based indie-rock duo Bad Bad Hats will be releasing It Hurts (10th Anniversary edition) at the end of the month. The reissue will consist of remasters of all five songs, as well as the original demos, and will be the first…

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Review: The Dazy Chains: “Electric Sunshine”

Posted on October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 by Buket Urgen

The Dazy Chains, a relatively new homegrown Athens band, didn’t let the past year and a half stop them from writing, recording, and releasing their debut full-length album Electric Sunshine, which came out Oct 8th at midnight. The album cover, like the contents within the album, is a psychedelic piece of art. It features the iconic steeple…

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Review: Hotel Fiction: ‘Soft Focus’

Posted on August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 by Buket Urgen

Hotel Fiction’s debut album Soft Focus is finally out today. Written and recorded over the past two years, Soft Focus is a complete introduction to the potential Hotel Fiction brings to the table as musicians, writers, and creatives. It’s rare that a musical act steps forward with such a complete vision and polished presence, but Hotel Fiction has done…

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Hiding Places, Out of Hiding: “Homework”

Posted on July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 by Zeina Khalife

Hiding Places are one of many bands emerging through the bustling post-pandemic creative scene, escaping from an isolation that long limited the ignition of projects in-the-making. Though most of us spent apocalypse-times contemplating survival, it’s quite refreshing to remember how isolation drove many to cultivate time and energy towards their art. I saw this vitality…

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Review: Hotel Fiction: “Daydrifter”

Posted on July 23, 2021July 26, 2021 by Buket Urgen

Athens-based duo Hotel Fiction released their latest single ‘Daydrifter’ last Friday. Like every other song in their catalog, this one was also produced by Tommy Trautwein of We Bought a Zoo Records. Best friends Jade Long and Jessica Thompson are determined to bring a fresh sound to the table with every new track they put out; “Daydrifter”…

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Review: Skee Mask – ‘Pool’

Posted on July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 by Jonathan Yim

Dance music has found itself in a stalemate throughout the age of pandemic. A genre whose beating heart lies on a club floor surrounded by individuals experiencing spiritual urges to move their bodies was demoralized at the snap of a finger. With physical spaces stolen away, the innate physicality of dance music became isolated inside…

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Review: Lucy Dacus: ‘Home Video’

Posted on July 16, 2021January 20, 2023 by Buket Urgen

Home Video is a stunning collection of delicate coming-of-age moments packed with emotional vulnerability and scenic poetry. Lucy Dacus, 26, brings to life nostalgic tales of her Christian youth camp days, friends dating subpar boys, awkward firsts and confused teens replacing pop culture references for a personality.   Presumably, the effectiveness comes from the way she read through her teenage…

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Review: CLOUDLAND: ‘Where We Meet’

Posted on July 16, 2021July 25, 2021 by Caro Malphrus

As the clock strikes midnight, CLOUDLAND, based out of Athens, Georgia, celebrates the release their debut album, Where We Meet. The four-piece rock group is made up of members: vocalist Zach King, Karmen Smith on drums, guitarist Aidan Hill and Hogan Heim on bass. The ten-track album was written over the last year and a…

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REVIEW: Kareem Ali – ‘Getting Through’

Posted on May 7, 2021May 6, 2021 by Jonathan Yim

Getting Through by Kareem Ali Upon doing research for this review, I noticed that Phoenix-based producer Kareem Ali’s Instagram bio reads “I create music for everything in the universe”. Marry this ethos with Ali’s one-of-a-kind Boiler Room mix, set in the sunset-soaked desert outskirts of Phoenix, and this mission statement tells listeners everything we need…

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