music
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Washington D.C.’s the Dismemberment Plan return after more than ten years of studio album silence, but this latest release of there’s feels like a less peppy and eccentric version of their former selves.
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Scottish alt-hip hop trio Young Fathers have left me pretty impressed with their creative lo-fi fusions of rap, African music, reggae, and more on the two “tapes” they’ve dropped thus far, but I’ve always thought there was more potential in what the group was offering–especially if the
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Eminem’s major singles leading up to the release of the sequel to the Marshall Mathers LP have underwhelmed me a bit, honestly.
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Canadian music producer Tim Hecker returns with a stunning collection of tracks that make for some of the most beautiful music I’ve heard this year.
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Scottish synth pop trio CHVRCHES might have some really hot singles, but the rest of their debut album is a little hit or miss for me.
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As Fuzz, Ty Segall and Charlie Moothart bring the incredibly high level of distortion and energy you’d expect from a Ty-affiliated album. However, there are a slew of different factors keeping this record from sticking out in Ty’s ever-growing discography: production, songwriting, vocals. All of these things keep
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Pusha T, Virginia rapper and one half of the famed hip hop duo Clipse, released some pretty potent singles before the drop of his new album here; however, the final product seems to be cut with a handful of weak tracks.
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of Montreal’s latest record sees the band stripping things back to some pretty base instrumentation, resulting in a sound that’s pretty similar to the band’s early work. However, Kevin Barnes proves he’s still a pretty manic songwriter, consistently delivering wordy, witty, and intense lyrics in his
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As Darkside, Nicolas Jaar and David Harrington explore the commonalities between subtle electronics and rock grooves. It’s actually a pretty fantastic marriage!
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The Industrially tinged noise rock act Haunted Horses has come through with one of the heaviest and overwhelming records I’ve heard in this genre in 2013.
