Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian It’s always a bit of a double-edged sword reviewing the biggest, most anticipated albums of the year. On the one hand, they’re a popular topic everyone is talking about, which draws more attention to the article, and the artist’s larger profile means we have greater certainty about the person and can thoroughly understand what they…
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian After a relatively dry April, May has decided to bless us once again with a variety of new releases, some with actual profiles. With new albums from American Football, Kacey Musgraves, The Black Keys, and Tori Amos, it feels like a festival of all the musicians my dad has only listened to via Spotify playlists….
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian After two much longer reviews, I want to take it nice and easy this week. No double albums where I have to run down the histories of three distinct artists’ lives in a few words, like I’m speaking at a funeral and didn’t realize how many obituaries I had to read today, and no musicians…
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian I’d like to believe I know what I’m talking about when I write reviews. I mean, I’ve been writing this column for two years or so now. If I didn’t pick up at least something from that, then that’s a sign to see the doctor. Even so, saying that, I feel far out of my…
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian I feel as if I give off the vibe that I’m biased toward underground and indie releases, while hating anything mainstream or anything that could realistically chart on Billboard. That notion is unfounded; I’m just as capable of feeling scorn for even the most low-profile releases. Remember, I am reviewing music, not people. Even if…
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian It’s not a controversial statement to say that we are living in very trying times. Checking the news often feels like finding a new reason to start metaphorically “crafting Molotov cocktails,” and increasingly, our lives in this miserable, turmoil-filled existence feel like one struggle to keep going. In times like these, the most common thing…
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian I’m going to skip the fancy intro and get straight to the point here. This album is my album of the year, period. This article was originally slated to be a different review, but this album captivated me so much that I skipped ahead to review it now and tell readers how good it is….
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian All things come to an end eventually; that’s a fact of life that none of us can control. This very column could be canceled or end at any time, and I might not even get the chance to say goodbye. Harry Styles is one man who was faced with the difficult situation of something big…
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian Once again, February was an absolute mess for new music releases. There were new releases from Bruno Mars, Baby Keem, and Jill Scott, all albums of high recognition, and in Jill Scott’s case, at least, extremely good music. Still, one release stood apart as the album I most anticipated this year, the subject of this…
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian I’ll give you a little peek behind the curtain for this review. This one is for a friend of mine. I asked my close friend—and even closer enemy—Alex to give me any album released this year, and I would review it no matter what. This is the album he chose. He dropped it on my…