After ten years of being a band, Kayo Dot releases what might be it’s gaudiest album. However, I can’t help but be enamored with the strong playing, ambitious concept, and impressive mix of influences most of the time.
Neo-psych outfit MGMT returns with a fuzzy new album that’s got plenty of odd moments, but too few memorable ones.
New York rock outfit Crystal Stilts come through with an album that shot for a prettier sound, but only delivers about half of the time.
South Florida rapper Denzel Curry assembles a somewhat grim hip hop album with his latest project, Nostalgic 64.
With the Electric Lady, singer-songwriter and composer Janelle Monáe adds two more suites to her ongoing metropolis series. This time, she seems to embrace her classic influences in the worlds of R&B and soul closer than ever.
Factory Floor drops a new series of austere dance tracks with this self-titled album on DFA Records.
DFA Records strikes again! For their sophomore album, New York dance-pop outfit Holy Ghost delivers a few duds, but the highlights and immaculate dance music production are too good to deny.
Canadian indie rock heavyweights Arcade Fire return with a new, disco-infused single from their forthcoming LP, Reflektor.
Once again, a new Arctic Monkeys album is lost on me. While some may find the band’s easygoing rock instrumentation and singer-songwriter Alex Turner’s supposedly clever and humorous lyricism to be entertaining, AM is just another move closer toward making the most cold, calculated, and tame rock music
Nevada rapper Dizzy Wright’s new mixtape may have over twenty tracks on it, but not a single one of ’em stuck out to me in a significant way.
