5/10
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Justin Bieber shoots for a more mature sound on his latest record.
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The Garden’s latest album is diverse and eccentric, but some flimsy musical ideas lie below the odd outward appearance.
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Pro Era’s Kirk Knight makes his commercial debut with Late Knight Special.
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Singer-songwriter and rapper Raury comes through with a slight improvement on his singing and sound on this latest set of tracks.
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K.R.I.T. tells us this mixtape is different, but it’s actually obnoxiously similar to his past five or six projects.
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Dream pop duo Beach House impresses even less on their followup to Depression Cherry.
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CHVRCHES delivers a high-budget version of what they had done on their lukewarm debut.
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Fetty Wap’s debut album has some of the hottest singles of 2015 on it, but the deep cuts feel like Fetty and his producers tried to recreate the success of “Trap Queen” again and again.
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Lana Del Rey’s latest project, surprisingly, is an improvement on the singer’s previous releases.
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The Wonder Years’ latest album is well-mixed and performed, but does little beyond continuing to play out every tired pop punk and emo cliché in the book.
