Free Nationals Burst on the Scene with Tail-Wagging Fun
Fresh, young talent has defined 2019’s music scene. While the old heads are still relevant, acts like Tyler, the Creator, Anderson .Paak,...
Revisiting 2019 Hip-Hop: The Under Listened Albums of Each Month
Many hip-hop heads may claim that 2019 was a slow year for music, but the Sideline Observer has outlined our picks...
100 Gecs and the Year in Weird Rap Music
This fall, rap group Brockhampton took to the road to debut their powerful new album Ginger. The tour was a massive ordeal...
Yummy? More like Nauseating
So… There’s a lot going on in the world, as many of you probably know. And as much as I’d love to...
Sideline Spotlight: Matt Farley
Matt Farley is the most important musician you don’t know about. To date, he has released over 20,000 songs ranging from heartfelt...
Lil Peep Shines From Beyond the Grave on “EVERYBODY’S EVERYTHING”
It’s always hard to talk about posthumous works. When new material is released after an artist’s passing, inevitably there will be speculation...
What SoundCloud Rap — and Its Unfortunate Demise — Means to Me
It’s been a tough few years for the burgeoning genre known as SoundCloud rap. It exploded in the mid-to-late 2010s with a...
Sideline Spotlight: Pure Colors, Modern Funk Ambassador
Hailing from Atlanta, 26-year-old Pure Colors is emerging on the scene as a talented and youthful face for future funk out East....
The Kelso Saga Continues: Part II, Analysis of Tracks 1 & 2
The previous installment of this review was about seven hundred words and covered only the title of Kelso’s EP “Always a Godmother,...
An Investigation into Kelso’s Ambivalent New EP: Part I, Gods and Mothers
The title is the entryway to any work. In the case of “Always a Godmother, Never a God,” it is a portal...