This is the first month this year that I'm excited about the music coming out. Every month has had it's winner's. March and Gwen Stefani, February with The 1975, and January started off strong with Rihanna. However, it's March that decided to pull out the release dates.
There's three releases I'm excited for this month and they're all stellar.
There's three releases I'm excited for this month and they're all stellar.
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Cyndi Lauper
Detour This album already came out. Eighties icon, Cyndi Lauper is back with her first... country album. Ever since her hey day, Cyndi has experimented with all different styles of music. The alt-rock of the nineties, jazz, and modern electronica. She's back with an eclectic set of hits that would light up country radio if they weren't set on being sexist and ageist bigots. The eleventh studio album features a slew of iconic covers including hits by legend Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton. See her reworking of Best Little Whorehouse classic “Hard Candy Christmas”. Guest musicians range from Jewel, Alison Kraus, Vince Gil, and Willie Nelson. |
It's an eclectic mix of country perfection, including lyrical stand out “You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly”. Cyndi Lauper also recently donated all the profits from her concert in North Carolina to a cause dedicated to overturning the recent hate laws against the LGBT community.
Goo Goo Dolls
Boxes
Surprise of all surprise. I've never been a Goo Goo Dolls fan. I knew the name. I appreciate them from a distance as the epitome of the 90s. Of course I knew the hits. All the one word wonders, “Slide”, “Name”, and “Iris”. Then, by chance I heard their lead single “So Alive”. It's anthemetic. It's wonderful and it's unlikely to overtake the charts, but it should be given the chance.
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Surprise of all surprise. I've never been a Goo Goo Dolls fan. I knew the name. I appreciate them from a distance as the epitome of the 90s. Of course I knew the hits. All the one word wonders, “Slide”, “Name”, and “Iris”. Then, by chance I heard their lead single “So Alive”. It's anthemetic. It's wonderful and it's unlikely to overtake the charts, but it should be given the chance.
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The Goo Goo Dolls in the 10s are the modern forebears to a style of music that Panic! At The Disco and Fall Out Boy have done so well commercially with. I don't know if their doing it better, but it sure sounds damn good.
Buy "So Alive"
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Ariana Grande
Dangerous Woman This album hasn't come out... yet. But, I have high hopes and expectations. This is the third album from the Nickeldon star. It's safe to say she's safely made her way out of the grips of “child star”. The second lead single “Dangerous Woman” is a jazzy return to top 40. There's a slew of guest stars, much like 2014's My Everything. We've got Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne and Macy Gray. A line up of A-listers. It's sure to be a solid hour of well performed manufactured pop. Personally, I'm excited. The little girl with the biggest voice on radio is here to murder us. |
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It's unlikely that this album will win a Grammy for “album of the year”. It's appeal to mainstream is too strong for that, but will it create her first number one? Now that's something it could.
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