Horrendous takes a mighty step forward with the visceral and multi-faceted compositions that make up Idol.
YSL and Quality Control really should’ve kept these two on the bench.
Mudboy is one of the oddest trap rap albums I’ve heard in a while.
I Loved You at Your Darkest is a solid blackened death metal album that’s occasionally marred by Behemoth overextending itself, or treading the water it waded with The Satanist.
Twenty One Pilots take their catchy songwriting, genre blending, and emotional lyricism up a few notches on Trench.
Logic is, as always, well-intentioned and likable on YSIV, but his music remains middle-of-the-road.
Kero Kero Bonito make their Polyvinyl debut with a pretty radical departure from the signature sound cemented on Bonito Generation. Thankfully, Time ‘n’ Place is every bit as good as that album.
Among Tim Hecker’s least direct efforts, Konoyo at its best is sonically and conceptually rich thanks to contributions from gagaku ensemble Tokyo Gakuso. Unfortunately, the sound-play is lacking on a few of the pieces.
Lil Wayne is in rare form on the best parts of his fifth installment of the Carter series, but bogs this album’s full potential down in a number of underwhelming cuts too.
Despite its slightly cumbersome 100-minute runtime and spotty concept, DROGAS Wave is a surprisingly solid addition to this phase of Lupe Fiasco’s career.
