Evan Balikos/Staff Writer Last October, I was surprised when Lorde announced Mitski as part of her lineup for her “North American Dance” tour. Like Lorde, Mitski thrives on the idea of pop subversion, and her fifth album, “Be The Cowboy,” is an amalgamation of all of her musical talents. On it, she reinvents her sound […]
Evan Balikos/Contributing Writer “This the type of high that get you gunned down/ Yeezy, Yeezy trollin’ OD, huh/ Turn TMZ to Smack DVD, huh,” West ferociously raps on “Yikes,” suggesting that his statement he made about slavery on TMZ was a joke. Kanye West is too big to fall. He can say what he […]
Julian Balboa/Staff Writer I don’t want to say that the wait is finally over, but it really is Pusha-T’s homecoming. All the teasing, the waiting, the loosies, even the Prelude, and what we’re given is a rock-solid seven-track album that clocks in at over 21 minutes. It’s a refreshing take on the idea of what […]
Julian Balboa/Staff Writer As a fan and observer of the music world, these past couple of months have been very dry. A Cupcakke album here, a Yo La Tengo album there, the Black Panther soundtrack came and went, and the Car Seat Headrest album is full of music that’s already been heard before. Other than […]
By Amanda Bazil The most epic superhero movie of the year seems like it’s going to have an even more spectacular album to match. It’s packed with many of the best rappers in the game to date: 2 Chainz, Future, Vince Staples, Anderson .Paak, Sacramento Spitter Mozzy and Vallejo, Calif. crew SOB x RBE, ScHoolboy Q., […]
By Evan Balikos The biggest problem with “The House” arrives in its inception, where it becomes stagnant, repetitive, and even ugly-sounding at times. When Aaron Maine (the mind behind Porches) talked about the sound of this album, he likened it to going underwater and blocking out everything in your path—an unsurprising description given his infatuation […]
By Julian Balboa So it’s been a year since the Migos’s “Culture” was released, but where are we after a year of having the Migos in the public eye? I think “Culture II” sums the answer to this question up perfectly. “Culture II” is a heavyweight at 24 songs and a whopping hour and forty-five […]
By Stacy Marie-Luce It is often said that there is no such thing as bad publicity. Hopefully for Justin Timberlake, this statement will reveal itself accurate. The former NSYNC superstar had a rough start this year, from the release of his single “Filthy” in Jan., to his Super Bowl halftime show performance last Sunday. In […]
By Joey Geballa Three years after his debut album and alt-pop classic to millennials, “Blue Neighborhood,” Troye Sivan has returned to claim his space and respect in pop music. Troye was a former YouTube star, now known as a hit maker, LGBTQ icon and a household name. Many artists stroll along to their sophomore album […]
In no particular order, The Roar staff is giving you the best albums of 2017. Dua Lipa by Dua Lipa: The debut album of breakthrough artist soars through pop culture as the singer/songwriter knows her place in the industry. With singles such as “Blow Your Mind (Mwah)” and “New Rules” taking over radio stations, it […]
By Eljohn Macaranas This past August, Taylor Swift declared that the “old Taylor” was dead on her chart-topping single “Look What You Made Me Do” to the surprise of fans and the collective eyerolls of everyone else. However, with the release of her latest LP, “reputation”, that bold claim is disproved. If anything, Swift doubles-down […]
Genesis Rodriguez/Contributing Writer The long-awaited St. Vincent album, “MASSEDUCTION,” dropped with a bang on Oct. 13, 2017. It has been two years since Annie Clark released an LP as extraordinary as her fifth studio album. Annie Clark, better known as her stage name St. Vincent, is a Grammy award-winning artist. Over the years, Annie has […]
