ALBUM REVIEW: Charli XCX Finds Connection in Isolation
Her new album, ‘how i’m feeling now’, channels the anxieties of quarantine into a bold, delightful statement.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Disclosure’s New EP is a Bouncy Return to Form
The Lawrence bros return with 5 tracks of globe-trotting house music.
Claire Brown’s Top 25 Albums of 2019
If you don’t know many of these, you’re probably over the age of 25.
YOU GOTTA HEAR THIS: Jaakko Eino Kalevi’s ‘Dissolution’
The Finnish artist gets funky on new mini-album.
Kiefer’s Music Mondays: MGMT’s ‘Oracular Spectacular’
MGMT’s classic 2008 debut is an album unlike anything found in the furthest reaches of space.
ALBUMS OF THE DECADE: Jamie xx’s ‘In Colour’
MMC Writers reflect on their favorite records of the 2010s.
YOU GOTTA HEAR THIS: Cosmo Sheldrake
If the visionary London-based multi-instrumentalist isn’t on your radar yet, he should be.
ALBUM REVIEW: Jenny Hval Broadens Her Horizons on ‘The Practice of Love’
The Norwegian avant-pop vanguard’s new record is her best yet.
ALBUMS OF THE DECADE: alt-J’s ‘An Awesome Wave’
MMC Writers reflect on their favorite records of the 2010s.
YOU GOTTA HEAR THIS: Channel Tres’ ‘Black Moses’ EP
The L.A. artist’s second project is the coolest damn thing you’ll hear this year.
ALBUM REVIEW: Black Dresses Come Out to Play on ‘Love And Affection for Stupid Little Bitches’
With their third release of 2019, the experimental duo has finally begun to garner some much deserved attention.
Hidden Gems: Sweet Trip’s ‘velocity:design:comfort.’
With Hidden Gems, we look back at great albums that haven’t gotten the attention they deserve.
ALBUM REVIEW: Quantic Tries to Please Everyone, and Succeeds
The electronic auteur’s 10th album is hard to describe but easy to love.
THE UNDERDOGS: The Avalanches’ ‘Wildflower’
A column about underrated albums that didn’t get their due.
Philippe Zdar Dead at 52
The Grammy-winning French producer was best know as one half of Cassius, as well as Motorbass
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘1000 gecs’ is a Mind-Melting, Post-Internet Fever Dream
Don’t say we didn’t warn you…
ALBUM REVIEW: Holly Herndon Pushes New Boundaries on ‘PROTO’
The Berlin-based experimental artist’s latest work was recorded in collaboration with a unique vocalist: an AI computer named Spawn.
Moby’s ‘Play’ Turns 20
Looking back at Moby’s groundbreaking masterpiece.
ALBUM REVIEW: Avey Tare’s ‘Cows on Hourglass Pond’ is a Warm Return to the Old AnCo Sound
Fans of ‘Sung Tongs’ and ‘Feels’ will be very pleased.
ALBUM REVIEW: Chemical Brothers Throw It Back on ‘No Geography’
The Chemical Brothers return to the beats and driving grooves of their early LPs.
ALBUM REVIEW: Pond Tightens Things Up on ‘Tasmania’
But where are the hits maaaaaan?
ALBUM REVIEW: Homeshake Floats High on ‘Helium’
Dreamy, outsider electronica from the former Mac Demarco member.
ALBUM REVIEW: James Blake Finds Love on ‘Assume Form’
Apparently even the sulkiest of souls can find happiness and contentment.
ALBUM REVIEW: Toro Y Moi Keeps Shapeshifting on ‘Outer Peace’
Thirty minutes of cosmic disco, pop and futuristic R&B.
Fever Ray’s Debut Turns 10
A gorgeous and mysterious meditation of experimental pop.
ALBUM REVIEW: Joij Completes His Transformation on ‘Ballads 1’
Ballads 1 is the heavily anticipated debut full-length from internet sensation turned serious musician Joji.
ALBUM REVIEW: NAO Soars Through Space on ‘Saturn’
British R&B doubles down on her electric sound on sophomore effort.
ALBUM REVIEW: Robyn Is as Sweet as Ever on ‘Honey’
A master class in seamless, universal dance pop.
ALBUM REVIEW: How To Dress Well Gets Dark and Gritty on ‘The Anteroom’
A brilliant hybrid of mangled sonics and sheer beauty.
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: 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: 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: JAIN Keeps Up Her Infectious Sound on ‘Souldier’
It lacks the standout cuts of her debut.
ALBUM REVIEW: Louis Cole Makes Pop for the Fringe on ‘Time’
If Thundercat tried to make a pop album, it would sound like this.
ALBUM REVIEW: Bon Iver and The National Collide on Big Red Machine
An indie rock fantasy 10 years in the making.
ALBUM REVIEW: Santigold Fully Embraces the Dancehall Sound on ‘The Gold Fire Sessions’
Featuring the dizzy vibrations of a Major Lazer album.