8/10
-
Frank Ocean doesn’t disappoint on his sophomore studio album.
-
Prolific garage rock outfit Thee Oh Sees drop one of their best records in years.
-
Chicago’s Noname delivers one of this year’s most heartwarming and positive mixtapes, backing her earnest rap style with beautifully jazzy instrumentals.
-
New York’s Show Me the Body deliver one of the most riotous and creative albums of 2016.
-
The Zach Hill and Andy Morin passion project returns for another album.
-
One of the most savage bands on the planet returns for a third album.
-
Bompton’s own returns with an album that relives the glory days of Cali G-funk.
-
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Xenia Rubinos backs her tracks with an exciting fusion of art pop, funk, soul, hip hop, and R&B.
-
Moonsorrow deliver another installment of triumphant, grand, epic folk metal with their latest album.
-
Singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler delivers her strongest set of songs yet on Strangers.
