Head in the Clouds blends into the current wave of trap-flavored pop rap a little too well.
Pretty much all the awkward kinks in The Internet’s previous albums evaporate on Hive Mind.
Busdriver’s latest may appear ambitious in scope, but Electricity is on our Side only offers a less prepared version of the enigmatic rapper.
Back to being a band, Dirty Projectors squanders a fair bit of potential on Lamp Lit Prose.
Snail Mail’s debut album is a pretty plain indie rock affair, though Lindsey Jordan’s potential as a singer-songwriter is apparent.
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.
