Author: Jacob Batista

MGMT returns from hiatus to embrace the loss of life

The duo that make up MGMT are no longer starry-eyed undergrads. It’s been 17 years, to be exact, since their first project, “Oracular Spectacular.” Gone are those salad days of electric feels and poppy, psych-club hits. That much is apparent in their fifth studio album, “Loss of Life.”  They’ve traded […]

Yeat orchestrates futuristic storyline in new album

The album cover and, as such, the music of Yeat’s new album “2093” is evocative of your typical Batman-esque protagonist. This image is completed with moral ambiguity and neon lights cutting through smokestacks, careening off draping leather coats.  Only Yeat isn’t so much the hero of this story. He’s somewhere […]