Album Reviews - My Entertainment World

11 March 2018

nothing,nowhere. – Reaper

This was a huge grower. On first listen I was ready to write it off as “better than Peep, worse than Wicca”, which I now see is wrong – he’s …

04 March 2018

Lisa Nicole- Come Find Me

By Anya Wassenberg // Music

Clear, sweet vocals and a resourceful sense of seizing opportunity by the horns has gotten singer songwriter Lisa Nicole across the country a couple of times, and it’s done so …

17 February 2018

Baths- Romaplasm

By Jace Hijazi // Music

Romaplasm is an album I’ve been waiting for for a long time. I don’t mean just as a followup to his landmark masterpiece, Obsidian (also my AOTY in 2013), but …

28 January 2018

Corbin- Mourn

By Jace Hijazi // Music

Corbin (formerly Spooky Black/Lil Spook) was my big surprise hit of 2017. His past material was enjoyable despite the laughable lyrics and aesthetic, but his low-pulse sadboi trap&B style wasn’t …

06 December 2017

The Two Hadestowns

By Saiya Floyd // Music

Listening to Anaïs Mitchell’s gorgeous Hadestown recordings is the perfect way to spend a dark cold winter’s night. As of 2017, there are two recordings of Hadestown, a folk musical take …

20 November 2017

The New New Space Wizards Demo

By Anya Wassenberg // Music

New York City-based David Jacobson and The New Space Wizards have released a new demo, a follow up to their 2016 EP Psychedelica Revisited. The new demo was recorded with …

16 November 2017

The New Converge Album Sucks (but take my opinion with a spoonful of salt)

By Jace Hijazi // Music

Rather than spend time writing a review of the new Converge album…

19 September 2017

Simcoe- Roads to Rivers

By Anya Wassenberg // Music

Roads to Rivers is the second release from indie pop-rockers Simcoe. The new EP sees the band continuing down the road of moody and melodic songwriting that they began on their …

19 December 2016

Nigerian-born King Ajibade describes his music as “world fusion” – a danceable style with a savor that’s definitely tropical, incorporating elements of Caribbean, Latin and African musical genres with classic …

30 November 2016

Bassett – Ghost Hwy

By Anya Wassenberg // Music

Bassett is a duo made up of multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Josh Bassett, and bassist Tak Ozaki. Josh brings along a background in orchestral percussion and jazz guitar along with …

04 October 2016

Almanac Mountain – Cryptoseismology

By Anya Wassenberg // Music

From the New Hampshire Seacoast, the smallest coastline in the US, comes Almanac Mountain, the brainchild of Chris Cote, a classically trained composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Cryptoseismology – which means …

30 September 2016

Katie Burden – Strange Moon

By Anya Wassenberg // Music

Strange Moon is the second CD for Los Angeles based indie artist Katie Burden and it’s been getting a fair amount of buzz since its release on September 15, and …

22 August 2016

DownTown Mystic: Rock ‘N’ Roll Romantic

By Anya Wassenberg // Music

DownTown Mystic is the alter ego of songwriter Robert Allen, a New Jersey native with a penchant for rock in the classic –aka Americana/roots rock – vein. Rock ‘N’ Roll …