review
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Travis Scott’s ambition and songwriting translates artfully on his latest commercial effort.
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Miley Cyrus, the Flaming Lips, Mike Will Made It and more come together for an excruciating 90 minutes of neo-psychedelic pap.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Macklemore and Ryan Lewis return to a “Thrift Shop”-like zaniness with the song “Downtown.”
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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.
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Baltimore’s Dope Body drops a short but exciting album of new material based off noisy, intense improvs.
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Carly Rae Jepsen’s latest album is a finely tuned piece of pop.
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Beach House comes through with their most upfront album yet, almost completely doing away with their trademark atmosphere.
