Album Review: Atoms For Peace, “AMOK” (2013)

I’m a big Radiohead fan, but I won’t lie: I was pretty disappointed with their most recent effort, The King of Limbs. Still, I never give up on a band I love, particularly not one of my favourites, like Radiohead. So when lead singer, Thom…

Album Review: Frank Ocean, “Channel ORANGE” (2012)

Whenever something starts getting a lot of publicity or hype in the media, I instantly feel wary.  It just seems that nine times out of ten, the movie, TV show, album, etc. isn’t really worth all of the attention and praise that I end up…

Album Review: Tangled: Original Soundtrack (2010)

I haven’t actively followed most of the Disney movies since I was a kid.  Part of the reason was that as I turned eleven or twelve, it was really uncool to be watching cartoon musical movies, and I didn’t want my friends to make of…

Album Review: Sam & Ruby, “The Here And The Now” (2009)

I can’t keep track of how many times I’ve bought an entire album based on liking just one song I’d heard on it.  It really doesn’t bother me to have albums on my iTunes that I haven’t listened to all the way through, because I…

Album Review: Bruno Mars, “Unorthodox Jukebox” (2012)

I’ve had about zero interest in Bruno Mars and his music over the past few years.  I remember the summer of 2010 when he debuted on the radio- first on a guest spot for B.o.B.’s “Nothin’ on You” and then on Travie McCoy’s song, “Billionaire”-…

Album Review: Coldplay, “Mylo Xyloto” (2011)

I don’t even remember when I first became a Coldplay fan; perhaps it was the first time I saw the beautiful music video for “Yellow”, or maybe it was when I couldn’t get the bridge of “The Scientist” out of my head.  Either way, they’ve…