7/10
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With Conformicide, Havok works some progressive elements into their brand of politically-charged thrash.
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Spoon incorporates some strange experiments into their slick indie rock sound.
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With PACKS, Brooklyn’s Your Old Droog continues to flex his lyrical muscles on his most focused album yet.
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Blanck Mass makes a grand, industrial-flavored return with World Eater.
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Charli XCX continues to turn pop on its head with PC Music’s best producers.
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Dirty Projectors return with an entirely revamped sound.
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Power Trip’s second album for Southern Lord Records brings thrash metal back with a fucking vengeance.
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With RA2, Jonwayne delivers a disheveled set of alternative hip hop tracks that have potent senses of humor and emotion.
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While Jesca Hoop’s latest album does lack a strong sense of identity, its well-crafted songs and beautifully simple instrumentation are more than enough to make it one of the better singer-songwriter releases 2017.
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On their sophomore album Culture, the Migos boys are sounding a bit more focused than usual.
