by Michael Belt | Mar 4, 2021 | Album Reviews, Reviews
“They call me the giant, the dwarf, the puppet in the strings, but I’ve been the ventriloquist on the high wire shouting out a sermon to pedestrians below”. These lines from “The Stiltwalker” – the poetic opening track to The Night Game’s sophomore album, Dog...
by Michael Belt | Feb 19, 2020 | Album Reviews, Reviews
It’s arduous work to be a professional autobiographer: to look at the world and describe it when your life is far from over, and all aspects of it are subject to change. The words, thoughts, and beliefs of yesterday might not resonate with your current frame of...
by Michael Belt | Sep 9, 2016 | Album Reviews, Reviews
Anticipation for the follow-up to Frank Ocean’s Channel ORANGE has been at an all-time high for quite some time now. The successor to his highly-praised debut mixtape nostalgia, ULTRA, the album had garnered widespread critical acclaim for its unique blending of...
by Michael Belt | May 13, 2016 | Album Reviews, Reviews
Latifah Phillips has had her hands full the past few years. Her work with bands like The Autumn Film, Page CXVI, and SOLA-MI has given her and her bandmates a platform to appeal to a wide variety of audiences (particularly with the focus of Page CXVI being solely on...
by Michael Belt | May 13, 2016 | Album Reviews, Reviews
A few years ago, I went to see Listener and ‘68 play in my hometown. While both of their sets were enjoyable, what stuck out to me the most that night was one of their opening acts, a musician named Derek Zanetti going under the name of The Homeless Gospel Choir. His...
