Robyn – Artist shoutout

“Robyn is here” was this lady’s first album, released in 1997. Starting her career at the age of sixteen, Robyn’s got a lot of experience since then. Three albums after that, the “Body Talk” project came out. Robyn decided to release a trilogy of  EPs in one year, compiling some of their songs then in…

Movie recommendation: Tomboy (2011)

We will not end this 2013 without a proper movie recommendation. And that doesn’t mean a film released this same year précisément. Nevertheless, this time I’m here to offer you a 2011 marvelous pearl brought from the French lands. Laurie – Zoé Heran – is a girl who is about ten years old and lives…

Foxes – Artist shoutout

Right after listening Zedd’s “Clarity” for the first time, I wondered who that girl was. “Foxes“. Her voice was deep, clear and overwhelming. I needed to know. So I did my research. “Foxes”, named Louisa Rose Allen, is an English woman who came up with her stage name after her mother told her about a…

13 songs of 2013

As every year approaches its end, people start making lists. “Best songs of 2013”, “Top 10 movies of 2013”, “Greatest albums of the year”… And I’ve decided to join that team. At this point of last year, everyone was making guesses about how would it be. Some said “13” would bring no good. Some said…

Movie review: Malavita (2013)

WARNING: It contains spoilers. Al Capone once said “Asking politely with a gun in your hand is better than just asking politely”. And Giovanni Manzoni – Malavita’s main character – uses this quote without realizing how much it defines himself psychically as a person. Malavita, a film adaptation of Tonino Benaquista’s book “Badfellas” juxtaposes the…

ARTPOP – Lady Gaga (track by track album review)

Few weeks after Born This Way was released, Gaga started the making of a brand new album called “ARTPOP“. The project, much brighter than her previous record, was described by Gaga as “a celebration and a poetic musical journey” that displayed a “lack of maturity and responsibility”, exactly the opposite of darker previous work “Born This…

Pax·Am Days – Fall Out Boy (EP review)

Last October 15th, Fall Out Boy released their music compilation of a “few nights of jokes and experimentation” at Ryan Adams‘ studio in Sunset Blvd. The EP is comprises eight songs that will remind some to their old work, and to others like me it’ll sound like nothing they’ve done before. Most of the songs are…

PRISM – Katy Perry (album review)

Even though PRISM is not supposed to come out until October 22th, Katy Perry decided to put out the songs on SoundCloud. Considering it already leaked, it’s a good choice. She’s been working on the album since late 2012, and we finally get to hear it. The album was initially planned  to be “darker” than…