7/10
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Chelsea Wolfe’s foray into the slow and heavy sounds of doom/atmospheric sludge metal is admirable and mostly successful, but does come with some growing pains.
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Toronto R&B artist Daniel Caesar shows much songwriting potential on his debut album.
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Sleep Well Beast is The National’s most vibrant and engaging set of songs in years.
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Pharma is Nmesh’s most hard-hitting and ambitious project to date.
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Formerly known as Spooky Black, Corbin returns with a goth-tinged and minimal set of moody R&B tracks.
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Despite a few questionable features, wifisfuneral’s latest mixtape shows the potential of the current rap landscape on SoundCloud.
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The electronic music tastemakers from the Feel My Bicep blog come through with some solid house music of their own on this self-titled debut album.
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Brand New returns with a chilling, despondent sound.
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Alice Glass brings back the original appeal and energy of Crystal Castles and comes into her own as a solo artist with this self-titled debut EP.
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Following up on its predecessor’s sense of urgency, who told you to think??!!?!?!?! is another thought-provoking abstract hip hop album under milo’s belt.
