by Topher Parks | Apr 6, 2022 | Single Reviews
On his newest single “Peace of Mind,” hip-hop artist O.D.D.I.T.Y teams up with singer Siphiwe and famed Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins on a smooth, wavey banger that feels very much like a Jenkins song itself. For the song’s first verse though O.D.D.I.T.Y actually taps...
by Topher Parks | Mar 31, 2022 | Album Reviews
Greenville’s Islander is a band with whom I share a deeply special personal connection. I first discovered the alternative metallers ten years ago, shortly after the release of their debut EP Side Effects of Youth, which has since been scrubbed from the internet. This...
by Topher Parks | Mar 29, 2022 | Concert Reviews
Last Thursday evening marked the beginning of The Band CAMINO’s first headlining tour run in two years, and for many folks it felt like the proper return to live music. Sure, the tour truly started the night before in Louisville, Kentucky, but I’d imagine that of the...
by Topher Parks | Mar 27, 2022 | Lists!, Playlists
Nowadays the notion of the full-length album is almost something of a relic. Sure, plenty of artists still write, record, and release albums, but more and more often we’ll see folks who drop music as an EP at a time, or maybe several standalone singles over the span...
by Topher Parks | Mar 22, 2022 | Playlists, Single Reviews
Hoosier Monthly Digest is a recurring piece I started four years ago with the intention of it being a monthly column, and for a while, that’s what it was. Then, life happened, I had a bit of an on-again, off-again type of relationship with writing, and before I knew...