This website from the Tokyo Digital Music Syndicates lets artists crowd-source pressings of their own music on vinyl records and it is one of the coolest platforms I've seen: Qrates...
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Another year, another list! If you missed last year’s, I discussed 8 of my favorite releases from last year. This year I’m switching it up and sharing three brief collections: Three projects worth discussing...
With all the year-end "best albums" lists coming out, I've been thinking about my personal favorites of the last year. Those lists cover a lot of my favorites, and so do the top-selling albums of the year. Some examples include "Astroworld", all of...
Originally published in Feburary 2013 for UCLA's Cultural Affairs Commission. Fresh off scoring a number 1 debut album last month, A$AP Rocky’s success seems to have happened overnight. His star studded single “F**kin’ Problems” (featuring guest...
Originally published in November 2011 for UCLA's Cultural Affairs Commission. A week from today, two of the most anticipated albums of the quarter are about to drop. However, if you’ve been paying attention to the music blogs or even your own...