Category: Album Reviews

Is 2017 the Year of the Gorillaz?

Rachel Handschuh WGMU Blogger Many people in recent years have been wondering for the past few years about the Gorillaz’s musical comeback, and 2017 may be giving them an answer. In 2016, the group began to release on Twitter a series of videos and artwork which came to be known as the Book of Noodle, …

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Album Review: As It Is: Okay

Rachel Handschuh WGMU Blogger As It Is is an up and coming pop punk band from the United Kingdom. Their second album, Okay, was released on January 20. This album has a good mixture of upbeat songs and continues their theme of having deep and meaningful lyrics. The first half of the album includes songs …

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Are Music Videos Dead?

Kaitlyn Koegler WGMU Blogger It’s a question many music fans have asked, and certainly one that doesn’t come without its merits. After all, one of the first suggestions that pops up on Google when typing in, “do music videos” is “do music video still exist?” While many of us know they certainly still exist, to …

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From Teens to Twenties: Lorde Announces 2nd Full-Length Album

Kaitlyn Koegler WGMU Blogger After nearly four years since the release of her last album, Pure Heroine, 20-year-old New Zealand singer Lorde will be dropping a new album this year. Releasing her newest single “Green Light” March 2, Lorde is supposedly releasing her new album this summer per Pitchfork. “Green Light is officially out in …

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Coachella 2017: Three Artists to Watch

Kaitlyn Koegler WGMU Blogger Under the beating sun of the California desert, famous annual music festival Coachella is just around the corner. And, like many years before, an impressive line-up of well-known superstars and rising underdogs will be taking the stage once again to perform at one pop culture’s most well-known festivals. Sporting a huge …

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