As we do every week at The High Note, we celebrate New Music Friday. You should celebrate too. Why not? You’re alive, you like music, there are some great new records out there, you made […]
Run The Jewels Combine Classic Strength And Style On ‘RTJ4’
The 1987 Buick Grand National was a badass car. I was obsessed with it when I was in high school. My first car was a 1990 Buick Regal coupe, which was my grandmother’s car, and […]
New Music Friday – June 19, 2020
Happy Juneteenth, everybody! As protests rage on across America and states, cities and citizens are celebrating the holiday. There is no celebration, at least not at The High Note, without music. Like every Friday, we […]
The Weeknd Takes Listeners On A Sojourn Into A Sinful Soul
“When the music’s over, turn out the lights.” – Jim Morrison of The Doors, “When The Music’s Over” “We can’t stop here, this is bat country.” – Hunter S. Thompson, “Fear and Loathing in Las […]
New Music Friday, June 12, 2020
Congratulations, you made it through another week. You should raise a glass to yourself and put your headphones on because there is plenty of new music to keep your rocking out through the weekend. Things […]
Thundercat Explores Introspective Space On ‘It Is What It Is’
“Have you heard of Thundercat? I’ve been listening to the album ‘Drunk’ on YouTube and it’s weird as fuck. I think you’ll like it.” That’s how Cousin Mike introduced me to Thundercat. “Drunk,” Thundercat’s third […]
New Music Friday, June 5, 2020
What a crazy time to be writing about music. There’s civil unrest in the United State of America, Covid-19 still rampant throughout the world and astronauts in space. Still, there is music. To put an […]
Tycho Creates Wordless Companion With ‘Simulcast’
Throughout this pandemic, I, like everyone has, have been doing a lot of things at home. This includes working and working out, reading and writing. One companion through it all has been Tycho. The San […]
New Music Friday, May 29, 2020
It’s the last Friday in May and just like every other Friday, The High Note celebrates with new music; the only difference is today feels a little warmer than last week here in Atlantic City. […]
Jay Electronica Delivers A Deeply Devoted Debut Album
Can you imaging waiting more than a decade to release your debut album and then a global pandemic basically shuts down all the promotion you had planned? That’s exactly what happened to Jay Electronica. The […]