We’ve had the opportunity to review a few of Mike Isberto‘s projects by this point, and it’s been interesting to see his development as an artist over the years. With More in Love, Mike delivers a new 7-song EP just a little over a year after his last album – The Last Train. TLT was a strong, though […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Mike Isberto – ‘More in Love’I was intensely curious as to how the self-titled debut of the newlywed team of Carissa Rae & Michael Alvarado, collectively known as Us, would fare. Ever since joining forces on both the marital and musical fronts, they’ve shown a lot of promise as a team but we’re going to see how the chemistry of their story […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Us – UsWe weren’t familiar with the material of Canadian singer/songwriter Wanting, a woman that moved there to study from China at the age of 16, and has since found her passion for music. Wanting’s team reached out to us a few months ago, and helped us get better acquainted with her work and although it’s a […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Wanting – Everything In the WorldMike Isberto is one of those under-stated gems that seems to always be around but just below the radar. The acoustic soul artist has developed a fair following on Youtube and now has a few EPs under his belt. That’s what brings us to this review. Last week, Isberto released The Last Train, a 6 […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Mike Isberto – The Last TrainTo say Jane Lui is a gem of creativity in a music scene saturated with sound-a-likes is an understatement. That’s why we were extremely excited to check out her latest body of work – Goodnight Company. Lui chose to forego the traditional marketing & busines models with this release, opting to distribute the album for […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Jane Lui – Goodnight CompanyIt’s been years since we’ve seen a full-length LP from Philadelphia rapper Decipher. Sure, we’ve seen a couple mixtapes from him along with a plethora of feature spots on other artists’ songs but those aren’t enough to truly gauge how an artist has evolved over time compared to an actual, conceptualized album. But this changed […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Decipher – The EffectYes, we know this album is 5 months old. But we’re still digging ourselves out of the perpetual backlog of album reviews and we definitely couldn’t leave out one of the most significant releases in years for the AA music scene. Free Wired is the album that helped propel the Far East Movement from the […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Far East Movement – Free WiredIt’s been quite some time since our last Critic’s Corner album review, and quite frankly there are a number of reasons this is so but today marks the return of the feature. This is our 30th album review since a-Tunes started and we’ve decided to switch things up a little bit and change the format. […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Oak & Gorski – Love DestroyerBambu dropped this EP earlier this year as something of a prelude to his upcoming exit album which he has been stating to be his last. He’s been in the game a long time now, both as part of Native Guns and now as a solo artist – choosing not only to use his mic […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Bambu – …Paper Cuts… EPBack in February, Virginian MC Manifest dropped his 3rd mixtape entitled Open Bars. The title is less an allusion to alcohol but rather more towards his lyrical content and at 20 tracks deep it’s clear that Mani has a lot to say. His last release was about two years ago but he’s stayed active performing, touring, interviewing, […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Manifest – Open Bars Mixtape
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