Tourist debuted his second full-length album Everyday, fittingly enough, on Monday Records. The album takes the path of late 19th - early 20th century literature, providing vignettes of arbitrary moments. Tempting thoughtful …
Read MoreAriana Grande - thank u, next
Ariana Grande’s album thank u, next which occupied the top three billboard spots, revels in adolescence, but finds Ariana dabbling in profundity and introspection. An outstanding mindless listen and a powerful mindful …
Read MorePlanète - Hidden Shade
For those waiting for more Four Tet, Planète has come through with something to pacify a little longer. His latest single ‘Hidden Shade’ holds up well on the dance floor as well as in the armchair. The track gives the Bladerunner …
Read MoreToro y Moi - Outer Peace
In rural Sonoma County, Chaz Bundick (now Chaz Bear) crafted his thirty-one-minute album Outer Peace with aims to relate with the working-class adult overexerting itself in the new workplace—a chair at home. Let’s take a look at …
Read More2018 Roundup // Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, James Blake - King's Dead
This year has had mostly bad music, much of it unnoticed, and much of it ignored—some of it unignorable. It’s not unlike most years. It’s also bore some of my favorite albums out of the last five years (Steal Chickens from Men & the …
Read More3 Sentence Review // Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
Some Rap Songs, Earl Sweatshirt’s long-awaited album brings, pivots on, and promotes idiosyncrasy as an ideal form of liberation. With now-expected terseness and brevity, this newest release focuses on production that challenges …
Read MoreA$AP Rocky - Sundress
‘Sundress,’ A$AP Rocky’s newest release, is a great song that has little to do with A$AP Rocky. With bars infamous for their lack of continuity, Danger Mouse and A$AP corroborate to nest Rocky’s lyrics deep in the warm groove. …
Read MoreKölsch - Speicher 106
No, it’s not broken beat, it’s Kölsch with his Speicher 106 release. Alternately challenging, dancy, and romantic, the first track ‘Emoticon’ is a long-evolving to-and-fro of bombastic percussion, twinging strings and, for two ever so …
Read MoreJoji - Ballads 1
Joji’s come through with some ballads on his latest release Ballads 1. Working in an electronic vein, he’s departed from his viral comedian beginnings as George Miller (which is still his real name) and drifted into bedroom sulk. …
Read MoreGeotic - Traversa
Traversa, William Wiesenfeld’s latest release under the moniker Geotic, is an anti-nihilistic effortfully chipper album that finds Wiesenfeld drawing a thinner border between Geotic and his more well known project, Baths. …
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