4/10
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Crystal Castles did a new thing, and I don’t much care for the thing.
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OVO’s PartyNextDoor returns with some slight improvements on his spacey R&B sound.
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Lil Uzi Vert’s latest mixtape is here to fill in the gaps between the major releases of his contemporaries.
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Canada’s own Drake returns with his most drab commercial release yet.
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Two decades into their career, famed alternative metal band Deftones remind me why I’ve never really been a Deftones fan.
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Post-rock band Explosions in the Sky return with a larger instrumental palette than ever before.
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The commercial debut of former Odd Future member Domo Genesis barely reaches the low bar of expectations his previous tapes and features set.
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Zayn Malik, formerly of famed boy band One Direction, releases his debut commercial album with Mind of Mine.
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UK pop rock outfit The 1975 returns with the most bloated pop record I’ve heard so far this year. A few decent tracks on it, tho.
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Majid Jordan’s self-titled debut is a pretty disappointing exercise in regurgitation every cliché alternative R&B has to offer.
