Jake Grim '21

The month of April featured a couple of fun projects such as The Alchemist’s This Thing of Ours and BROCKHAMPTON’s ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE. However, the album I found the most endearing was Kero Kero Bonito’s short-but-sweet Civilisation II. This 3-track mix of glitzy electronics, indie pop, and elements of House is nothing but […]

As another month passes, more albums of 2021 are being released. Notable albums from this month include Armand Hammer and Alchemist’s HARAM, Genesis Owusu’s Smiling with No Teeth, Lana Del Ray’s Chemtrails Over the Country Club, and Ian Sweet’s Show Me How You Disappear just to name a few. However, a much smaller release from […]

In a month full of music headlines (Bobby Shmurda released from prison, Daft Punk retiring, etc.), there was a surprisingly scarce number of show-stopping albums dropped. While Julien Baker’s Little Oblivions is worth checking out, I personally enjoyed Slowthai’s TYRON more for its juxtaposition of bombastic attitude and humbled self-reflection. It’s no secret that Slowthai […]

Like most Januaries, music was slow to release this month. It wasn’t until the end of the month that January 29 saw the release of Madlib’s Sound Ancestors and Weezer’s Ok Human. Both of these albums were very fun and interesting (especially the baroque and Beatles-inspired instrumentation of Ok Human), but behind this bigger releases […]

My selection of Playboi Carti’s Whole Lotta Red as the album of December may surprise, upset, or excite you. This album has proved to be without a doubt one of the most polarizing of the year. Music listeners, and particularly Carti’s fans, seem to be split on whether this album is genius or laughably bad. […]

November was a quiet month of music for me. Personally, nothing quite grabbed my immediate attention or interest like the past months of this year. However, I was particularly moved by  Ólafur Arnalds’s new set of tracks that provide a haven of peace and reflection. Having no prior experience with Ólafur’s music, I had no […]

This was a tough decision. October proved to be an exciting month for music with a lot of good releases and previews for future releases. I personally encourage all to listen to the new stellar collection of tracks released by Gorillaz and 21 Savage/Metro Boomin. However, I feel that Adrianne Lenker’s Songs is a project […]

In what was shaping up to be, in my opinion, an uneventful month for music, Slauson Malone quietly dropped his sophomore solo project. For those that are unaware of the Standing on the Corner member, Slauson Malone is an extremely talented producer and musician hailing from Los Angeles, California. He and his Standing on the […]

At the end of 2002, Phil Elverum decided to change his musical pseudonym from The Microphones to Mount Eerie.  After 17 years, Elverum returns to the old moniker for a one-track, 45 minute album/ short film. As a disclaimer, I will confess that I am a massive fan of Phil’s work from both of his […]

Albums released in July were intriguing,  with posthumous albums from rappers Pop Smoke and Juice Wrld, a surprise album from Taylor Swift, and a farewell album from rapper Logic. While each of these albums had admirable qualities and songs, July saw the release of one of this year’s best rap records. The long-awaited reunion of […]