Haru Nemuri’s debut album pushes J-pop/rap in an exciting direction by channeling Japan’s rich history of underground rock music.
Rife with post-rock cliches, Deafheaven’s fourth album contains the band’s least inspired genre-blending to date.
serpentwithfeet’s debut album adeptly presents love in a simultaneously sweet and unsettling light, only occasionally being held back by some uneventful instrumentals.
Florence + The Machine exercise a bit more restraint than usual on High as Hope.
Zeal & Ardor’s unique blend of black metal and slave spirituals comes together in an exciting and blasphemous display on Stranger Fruit.
Everything Is Love relies too heavily on its star power to feel anywhere near as consequential as Lemonade or 4:44.
Still lacking a distinct voice as a singer and lyricist, Teyana Taylor is frequently outshined by her collaborators on K.T.S.E.
Vein’s debut album offers a diverting blend of metalcore and alternative metal styles as well as its share of growing pains.
By adhering so much to its grand formula, Heaven and Earth comes off as even more cumbersome than The Epic.
The Now Now is a pleasant mood album while it’s on—especially in comparison to Humanz—but it’s still relatively low-impact.
