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Album Review: Rachel Platten – “Wildfire”
"I miss my home / But there's a fire burning in my bones," horrifically cliched and creatively drained lyrics like this are just one of the horcruxes for an album plagued by lifeless and unidentifiable singer-songwriter pop. Platten's songwriting...
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Album Review: Troye Sivan – “Blue Neighbourhood”
The debut album from YouTube star Troye Sivan features collaborations with Betty Who and Broods and was preceded by the single "Wild" alongside its eponymous EP. WILD: The lyric "cause when you look like that /...
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Album Review: Adele – “25”
After largely disappearing from the public eye from the past three years, the (arguably) biggest star of the millennium is back. Coming off the unfathomable success of Adele's sophomore album "21" - 30 million albums, 3 #1 hits, over...
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Album Review: Ellie Goulding – “Delirium”
When people listen to UK songstress Ellie Goulding, people are generally divided on what they hear: they either hear her folk and indie influences as her sonic center and others hear her Electronica roots and push her into the...
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Album Review: Demi Lovato – “Confident”
The past two years for Demi Lovato have been a rollercoaster ride. After the release of her fourth studio album Demi, Lovato preceded to fulfill another season on the short-lived X Factor USA, embarked on two world tours, endured the deaths of her...
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Album Review: Selena Gomez – “Revival”
Selena Gomez's fifth studio album Revival functions as a line break between two phases of Gomez's career: no longer is she a Disney starlet, nor Justin Bieber's on again and off again, she is her own woman, as seen in...
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Album Review: Miley Cyrus – “Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz”
Miley Cyrus more or less surprised millions of international viewers last night at the VMAs, announcing that her new album was available for free on Soundcloud. This act of going against the norm, and allowing everyone with basic internet access...
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Track by Track Album Review: Carly Rae Jepsen – “Emotion”
Carly Rae Jepsen (I.E. "that Call Me Maybe girl") has released her second mainstream Pop album: Emotion. After almost 3 years of working, "Emotion" enters the world with every track being written by Jepsen, as well as writers like...
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Track By Track Album Review: Madonna – “Rebel Heart”
Madonna's 13th studio album, Rebel Heart has arrived. How does it stack up compared to the rest of her discography? Let's take a look. Living For Love - The opening number lays down the groundwork but doesn't seem to...