The UK’s Vallenfyre brings together a slew of different death metal styles on this sophomore record of theirs, and feeds them through some incredibly heavy, pummeling production.
When it comes to lyrics and songwriting, White Women is Chromeo’s most inconsistent release yet.
Ibibio Sound Machine’s debut is the beginning of a journey that fuses the sounds of afrobeat and highlife with electronics.
With Nabuma Rubberband, Sweden’ Little Dragon come through with their shyest album yet.
The Black Keys drop their most bloated and tame album to date with Turn Blue.
With fellow reviewer Elliot Quinn, I talk about the fifth full-length album from Portland blackened folk outfit Agalloch.
Mac Miller comes through with an almost 90-minute project with Faces.
The new Lykke Li record is her saddest and most heartbroken release yet.
It’s that time of the month, isn’t it? I’M TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THESE RECORDS IN BRIEF. I WISH I HAD THE TIME TO REVIEW THEM IN FULL ON THEIR OWN IN APRIL, BUT SUCH IS LIFE. HERE’S THE LIST: PROTOMARTYR – UNDER THE COLOR OF OFFICIAL
Damon Albarn’s latest record may be slightly passionless and relentlessly dreary, but he delivers some stand-out songs throughout the tracklist here.
