5/10
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Atlanta rapper and singer Young Thug releases a one-dimensional album that couldn’t have possibly lived up to the drama-fueled hype that led up to it.
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Drenge’s sophomore album has a few highlights, but the rest of the record jumps from one underground rock style to another, making it feel like a musical identity crisis.
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The new Death Cab For Cutie album is the Washington band’s most middle-of-the-road release yet.
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Melbourne singer-songwriter Cortney Barnett’s debut LP works on simple garage rock grooves and a relatable charm.
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NY rapper Action Bronson comes through with his glitziest album yet, loaded with classy piano instrumentals and over-the-top lyrics. It’s the mountains of filler after the first third of the LP that kills it, tho.
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Indie rock vets Modest Mouse release their first album in 8 years.
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One of New York’s most celebrated hip hop duos, Cannibal Ox, is back with their first album in over a decade!
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Despite plenty of cooking time and an endorsement from the one and only Nas, Fashawn’s long-awaited followup to 2009’s Boy Meets World doesn’t live up to expectations.
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Baltimore producer and composer is working with his best mix yet, but isn’t delivering his greatest material to complement the new sonic improvements.
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Romania’s Negură Bunget returns with a new album, continuing to fuse folk music from their home country with the grim musical stylings of black metal.
