The magical monthly segment where I briefly touch down on a gauntlet of albums I didn’t get a chance to review this past month. These are just my short, straightforward, passionate, biased opinions. Beyond Creation – Earthborn Evolution Parkay Quarts – Content Nausea The Neighbourhood – #000000 & #FFFFFF Taylor Swift – 1989
Despite their immense talents, Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic orchestrate a relatively unrewarding esoteric lyricism slugfest on their sophomore album as Hail Mary Mallon.
Death Grips drop a new single to tease toward the second half of their yet-to-be-completed double album, The Powers That B.
Foo Fighter’s match this album’s ambitious concept with some generally uninteresting songs.
The latest Wu-Tang record defies expectations, featuring even weirder experiments and hooks than the polarizing 8 Diagrams. Still, it should please at least some hardcore fans.
Even after stripping back the hooks and instrumentals, and giving himself center stage, there isn’t much outside of J. Cole’s baseline technical abilities that makes him a compelling rapper and lyricist.
With 36 Seasons, Ghostface Killah tries to recreate the same narrative-based formula he worked with on his last album, but with only a portion of the appeal.
Fusing surf rock, horror punk, and lo-fi garage, the new Wytches album is an electrifying experience.
Shady Records celebrates its 15-year anniversary with a compilation of hits and new material.
Ferg Forever is one of the most off-the-wall mixtapes I’ve heard this year.
