Courtesy of Interscope Records Kendrick Lamar’s newest album may be his best yet. BY JACK BEATSON SENIOR REPORTER Kendrick Lamar’s name holds more wei...
Dear Lorde: please release your album
Courtesy of Virgin Records The nostalgia or Lorde’s first album brings big expectations for her next. BY ALLISON HAGEMAN ASSISTANT MOSAIC EDITOR We we...
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Courtesy of Jacob Morales The greenest tracks on this side of spring. BY SARA SAJER MUSIC CONTRIBUTOR I’ve always been a bit nonplussed about spring, ...
Album review: Remo Drive’s “Greatest Hits” helps to usher in a new era of emo
Courtesy of Remo Drive on Bandcamp Remo Drive’s latest release is worth a listen. BY JACK BEATSON SENIOR REPORTER The genre of emo has gone through ma...
Considering music’s effects on mood
Courtesy of Ray García Music can have surprising effects on one’s mood, depending on the mood of the song. BY RYAN THORNTON SENIOR REPORTER There is o...
Local Band Q&A: Mean Lady
Courtesy of Mean Lady’s Bandcamp/THE REVIEW Mean Lady releases new album “Nature,” a follow up to their 2013 “Love Now.”...
Bluetracks: Not an unforgiving girl
Courtesy of the San Diego Museum of Art She’s not an unforgiving girl. It’s just an unforgiving world. Songs about the heart, fight and moxie in femin...
Power Trip brings back ’80s thrash on “Nightmare Logic”
Courtesy of Nightmare Logic on Bandcamp Power Trip is bringing back 80s thrash style with their latest album, “Nightmare Logic.” BY JACK B...
Bluetracks: Deadweight
Sara Sajer/THE REVIEW Songs that make it a bit easier to drag your dead weight carcass out of bed. . BY SARA SAJER MUSIC CONTRIBUTOR The transition fr...
Bluetracks: Black Girl Magic
Courtesy of Zeebra Feels Owning her blackness with persistence, in song. BY SARA SAJER MUSIC CONTRIBUTOR BY RAQUEL MORRIS SENIOR REPORTER In his unfin...