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Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt // Newbury Comics Exclusive Rainbow Vinyl

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Tragic Kingdom is the hit breakthrough album by  No Doubt , released in 1995 to widespread critical acclaim. Blending a mix of pop, punk, rock and ska, it was a groundbreaking album for the music landscape of the mid-90's and instantly became a timeless classic. It was the band's third album together, which differed quite a bit from their first two lesser-known records, partly because of the interpersonal drama within the lives of the members at the time. For the first time, No Doubt's music was mainly written from the perspective of the band's frontwoman  Gwen Stefani . This album was just the start of Gwen becoming the major force in pop music that she was for much of the next decade to follow. This record still is just as relevant now as it was then, I hear the influences of  Tragic Kingdom and Gwen's emblematic attitude try to be replicated by so many modern pop and rock records released today.  This album spawned several massive hits for them, including "S

Deeper Well by Kacey Musgraves // Album Review

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Deeper Well  by Kacey Musgraves sounds like the first blossoming of spring after a long, cold winter. An aspect that shines the most within this music is her talent for sweet and simple songwriting. Every song is very rooted in nature and uses vivid imagery to paint such a stunning, honest and reflective portrait of this current phase of her life. The production is very stripped-back on most of these tracks, with the focus mainly on her vocals and lyricism. This is among her most introspective work yet, chronicling her inner-most thoughts and emotions from where she last left off in 2021 with  star-crossed . She worked on this album primarily in New York City at Electric Lady Studios , which is an environment that played into her wanting to make a softer, more subdued album this time. "There’s the smell of marijuana, pizza, people talking, skateboarders, loud music, everything at 220. And I think you take some of those things to the studio. When the outside environment is so max

Bleachers by Bleachers // Self-Titled Album Review

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Bleachers ' latest self-tilted record feels like the first page in a new chapter for the band, as well as a celebration of the people that come into your life and change everything for you forever. There is such a deep and all-encompassing love that runs throughout every song on this album, which tells such a beautiful story from beginning to end. "In my past three albums, I felt very obsessed with the past and the future. I was deeply imagining things from before and things that could happen. But somewhere along the way, I just started only thinking about right now, I don't know why. So this album feels like you're sitting in a room with me right now", Jack Antonoff told Billboard Philippines.  "It's definitely a new time for Bleachers because it feels like, things are really present, and that things are exciting and opening up for us." It takes the listener on a journey of Bleachers past, present and future in such a powerful way. I view this musi

WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? by Billie Eilish // 5 Year Anniversary Album Review

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When looking at the past decade of music, Billie Eilish 's debut album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?  is a distinct moment in time that changed everything in the music industry. Billie and her older brother and main collaborator, Finneas , created this album completely by themselves in his small childhood bedroom in Highland Park, Los Angeles. At the time it was released, she was only 17 years old. Every single song was written, performed, recorded and produced solely by the two of them. To this day, they still make music that same way! They are both so immensely talented and truly once-in-a-generation artists.  This album is a genre blurring masterpiece, it is so innovative and varied from song to song. To confine Billie to one genre would be doing a disservice to her immense musical talents and this record   is the perfect representation of that. She and Finneas at the time were new, fresh voices in pop music that forever changed the landscape of the genre. They were b