Category: Albums

  • Why You Should Spin: Inferno by Boards of Canada

    Boards of Canada (who aren’t even from Canada!) are one of the most renowned electronic groups from the underground and Scotland (not Canada by the way). Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin changed what IDM can be when they released their debut album, Music Has a Right to Children as that is one of my favorite…

  • Why You Should Spin: To Whom This May Concern by Jill Scott

    This one was giving high praise by Anthony Fantano from the Needledrop, so I gave this one the old college try as this was the first time I’ve ever heard of her. She started out in music during the 2000s, but also dipped her toes in acting. Her music career is vast, but To Whom…

  • Why You Should Spin: Still Beauty by zakè & marine eyes

    I’ve already talked about her, but she’s worth mentioning again. Me talking about her would be such a drop in the pop bucket as her name is well renowned at this point with the success of her first two albums (the latter Guts being my favorite) and now it’s safe to say her third is…

  • Why You Should Spin: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love by Olivia Rodrigo

    I’ve already talked about her, but she’s worth mentioning again. Me talking about her would be such a drop in the pop bucket as her name is well renowned at this point with the success of her first two albums (the latter Guts being my favorite) and now it’s safe to say her third is…

  • Why You Should Spin: Hoggar by Tinariwen

    So, telling you where this musical group resides would not exude confidence in me since Tinariwen are made up of Tuareg people, which are a nomadic group from the northern Saharan-Africa region who are Islamic. I knew jack about them before writing this post. Me looking into this band, while I am unfamiliar with the…

  • Why You Should Spin: Trinket by tsubi club

    So, when this album cover came my way on Bandcamp, my first thought was it was going to be some sort of retro 8 bit throwback. It looks very video game inspired in its Wimmelbilderbuch of all these characters and objects clashing together for space on the canvas. After listening to it, it’s not what…

  • Why You Should Spin: Cost of Living Adjustment by Cola

    There was this band from Montreal named Ought. They were hitting it up in the underground indie scene for a solid ten years. All of a sudden, vocalist Tim Darcy and bass guitarist Ben Stidworthy decides to branch out on good terms and go for a new name with percussionist Evan Cartwright. It didn’t sound…

  • Why You Should Spin: Cry Baby by Vince Staples

    This was one of my most anticipated albums, ever since I saw the name and cover art, which guffaws my craws. I knew this album was going to be a banger. It also turns out, this is probably one of his most important albums to this day, despite Big Fish Theory is my favorite from…

  • Why You Should Spin: Written into Changes by Avalon Emerson & the Charm

    Like Paul Revere, I come to you by horseback to announce a bop of an album! Actually by Toyota Corolla as I blast the speakers with this indie dance pop that can induce such a high. Written into Changes is a feel good indie pop album that makes one feel light in the air to…

  • Why You Should Spin: bitknot by feeble little horse

    In 2023, there was this band that rocked the indie scene. And that indie rock band was a whimsical group named, Feeble Little Horse. I was really into their second album that probably was the one that got them the most buzz and success in the underground. I became a fan when this album checked…

  • Why You Should Spin: An Undying Love for a Burning World by Neurosis

    I found this sludge metal album and band through some buzz going around online and on platforms like Rate Your Music putting this at #1 (was #1, now #2 as it was usurped by another music group, more to come hohoho). That site has its problems that I might delve into later, but this album…

  • Why You Should Spin: Fables by Isabel Pine

    Imagine just being at your wits end and your limit threshold. What if I told you there’s a place where you can have a moment of tranquility and peace? Somewhere to dissociate from out there where all the noise and weirdos are and associate with something that is calm and meditative. If you look up…

  • Why You Should Spin: Fold by Jump Source

    I’ve never heard of this electronic duo that hails from Montreal, Quebec before this. But Resident Advisor made props to this outfit on their debut album, Fold. Francis Latreille and Patrick Holland have been going at it for a decade now and it’s surprising how long they’ve decided to jump the gun on Fold. They’ve…

  • Why You Should Spin: My Ghosts Go Ghost by By Storm

    Nathaniel Ritchie and Parker Corey make up the experimental hip hop duo By Storm. But fans who have followed them since their Injury Reserve days know that they’re very familiar with tragedy. I won’t get too into it, but since their former member Stepa J. Grogg’s unfortunate passing, it was a weight on a lot…

  • Why You Should Spin: U by underscores

    Meeeee?! No, U! I’m talking to U! It is the third album by a master of many talents, April Harper Grey aka underscores. I admittedly haven’t heard any of her past projects, but after a listen of U, I might have to do a flyby on them as this album has a lot of memorable…