Tag Archives: lyrics

REVIEW: D’ANGELO AND THE VANGUARD – BLACK MESSIAH…
D’Angelo’s latest, and first new album since 2000’s Voodoo is not an easy album to review. A few listens in, I’m still trying to absorb it. The music is so varied and has so many dense layers. It recalls everything from Prince (well, at all times there’s some Prince influence – at times I think […]

TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #7: LILY ALLEN – SHEEZUS…
Lily Allen’s return to pop music, after nearly calling it quits, was one of the most exciting pieces of news to me in 2013. She had hinted about being apprehensive about a return, but there was no need to worry at all. Rather than repeat what she did on her first two albums, Lily moves […]

REVIEW: LILY ALLEN – SHEEZUS…
“Been here before, so I’m prepared. Not gonna lie though, I’m kinda scared.” So starts the first line of the first song on Lily Allen’s triumphant return to pop music, the cheekily titled Sheezus. Yes, she even thanks both Kanye West (whose last release was titled Yeezus) and Jesus in the liner notes for the […]

Top 25 Albums of 2013 – #18: BLUE OCTOBER – SWAY…
One release that was underneath the radar of a lot of people this year was Blue October’s new album Sway. Anyone that has been following the band for a while knows that each album the band puts out is another chapter in the ongoing musical diary of lead vocalist and writer Jutin Furstenfeld. Justin has […]