4/10
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Wavves’ punk-flavored bellyaching makes V pretty hard to stomach.
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FIDLAR’s new album is like listening to a white, lazy, spoiled, drug-addled twentysomething indignantly whine to his parents about how hard his life is.
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New Jersey’s Titus Andronicus are back with a 90-minute concept album.
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Despite its title, FWA doesn’t exactly make a case for Lil Wayne’s freedom.
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Refused return with a comeback record that’s far from pleasing.
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Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment’s long-awaited Surf capitalizes on very little of its full potential.
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Ohio pop/rap/rock/electronic music duo Twenty One Pilots chases 2013’s breakout Vessel with a series of radio pop and reggae-infused tunes on Blurryface.
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DC rapper Wale reaches into his past on this latest commercial project, incorporating Seinfeld clips and themes in the same way he did on his popular Mixtape About Nothing. However, the results aren’t nearly as impressive.
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Purity Ring’s latest record strips the mysticism out of their sound, and replaces it with a plush, gritless aesthetic.
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Aside from the closing track, this new, free Ratking project feels like a whole lotta filler.
