ALBUM REVIEW: 6lack Has Found His Formula with ‘East Atlanta Love Letter’
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Month: September 2018
ALBUM REVIEW: BROCKHAMPTON Just Keeps Getting Better on ‘iridescence’
It’s hard to imagine anybody not loving this album.
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Double Negative’ is Low’s Most Radical Album Yet
It’s nothing short of stunning.
ALBUM REVIEW: First Aid Kit Keep the Sweetness Coming on the ‘Tender Offerings’ EP
An aptly-named companion EP to ‘Ruins’.
ALBUM REVIEW: Guerilla Toss Soundtracks Modern Madness on ‘Twisted Crystal’
The Brooklyn art punks keep things crazy on their third album.
ALBUM REVIEW: Aphex Twin’s ‘Collapse EP’ Has Something For Everyone
Richard D. James can do no wrong. But we already knew that.
ALBUM REVIEW: Brandon Coleman Leads the Funky ‘Resistance’ on Debut
We’re talking George Clinton levels of funk.
ALBUM REVIEW: Noname Drops Her College Thesis on ‘Room 25’
Debuts don’t get better than this.
ALBUM REVIEW: Lyrics Born Keep The Party Alive with ‘Quite A Life’
Where my Quannum fans at? The dynamic and highly-skilled Bay Area legend Lyrics Born is
ALBUM REVIEW: Joey Purp Tries to Squeeze Everything into One on ‘QUARTERTHING’
“Started with a 28 / 28 turned to a 56 / 56 turned to a QUARTERTHING.”
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘And Nothing Hurt’ Is Spiritualized at Its Most Intimate
Another cosmic ride you’ll be glad you took.
ALBUM REVIEW: Swamp Dogg Keeps It Weird on ‘Love, Loss and Auto-Tune’
The 76-year-old cult hero uses new technologies to do what he’s been doing since the ’70s.
ALBUM REVIEW: St. Paul & the Broken Bones Bottle the Classic R&B Sound on ‘Young Sick Camellia’
A convincing case for greatest active rhythm and blues band on the planet.
ALBUM REVIEW: Waxahatchee Strips Her Sound Bare on ‘Great Thunder EP’
A sparse but equally stunning contrast to ‘Out In The Storm’.
ALBUM REVIEW: Paul McCartney Keeps It Fresh on ‘Egypt Station’
The 76-year-old Beatle isn’t done until he says he is.
ALBUM REVIEW: Curren$y Keeps Spitting on ‘Fire in the Clouds’
It’s always good to check in with a Spitta Andretti project from time to time.
ALBUM REVIEW: Thou Brings It All Together on ‘Magus’
The heavy metal alchemists have birthed their masterpiece.
‘The Harder They Come’: The Film That Brought Reggae to the World
The cult classic hit U.S. cinemas today in 1973.
ALBUM REVIEW: Rejoicer’s ‘Energy Dreams’ Is a Trip Through a Beatmaker’s Imagination
A jazzy collection of lo-fi beats that would be right at home on a playlist with Thundercat and Flying Lotus.
ALBUM REVIEW: DeVotchKa Ride Again on ‘The Night Falls Forever’
Sounding a bit like The National if they pretended to be 1920s Russians and were into burlesque