Travis Scott’s ambition and songwriting translates artfully on his latest commercial effort.
Miley Cyrus, the Flaming Lips, Mike Will Made It and more come together for an excruciating 90 minutes of neo-psychedelic pap.
Despite it’s dark album cover and heavy teaser tracks, Foals’ What Went Down seems to be Foals as usual: A little depression, a little dance, a little drab.
Atmospheric black metal outfit Krallice comes through with a change of pace, delivering a speedy, tight, technical, and muscular album, but they don’t commit to the change long enough to leave a lasting impression.
Angel Deradoorian’s full-length debut features a set of meditative, psychedelic instrumentals topped with the kind of nimble vocal work fans have come to expect thanks to her work in Dirty Projectors.
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis return to a “Thrift Shop”-like zaniness with the song “Downtown.”
The Weeknd’s new album takes a lot of stylistic risks, experimenting with not just alternative R&B, but soul, rock, and pop. However, few of these forays into other genres pay off, and they leave the album feeling pretty inconsistent and directionless.
Baltimore’s Dope Body drops a short but exciting album of new material based off noisy, intense improvs.
Carly Rae Jepsen’s latest album is a finely tuned piece of pop.
Beach House comes through with their most upfront album yet, almost completely doing away with their trademark atmosphere.
