INDIE/ALTERNATIVE: Threesome - Baby Boys (March 12) Hippo Campus is a band pretty well-known in teenage indie circles for songs like “Way It Goes” and “Buttercup,” jaunty indie-pop tunes decorated...

EMO PUNK: Heaven is a Place, This is a Place - Frank Iero & the Future Violents (January 15) Frank Iero’s history as a guitarist is packed. He’s been in pop-punk (My Chemical Romance), hardcore...

RAP: Nightmare Vacation - Rico Nasty (December 4) I may not think Rico Nasty’s songs are the catchiest out there, but she sure does make you want to go light someone’s stuff on fire. I wasn’t...

INDIE/ALTERNATIVE: Razzmatazz - I Don’t Know How But They Found Me (October 23) I expected IDKHow’s first release to be strong, but I don’t know if I expected it to be THIS strong. It’s rare...

RAP: 1999 - Rich Brian (August 25) 1999 is poppier than I figured it would be. I meant to review it as the rap album for this issue, but the vocal melody in the chorus of "Love In My Pocket" is literally...