the needle drop
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Produced by Just Blaze, Jay Electronica drops a new track titled “Dear Molskine.” Whether or not it’s a taste of a full-length album to come, I’m not sure. Though I’m sort of confused why the beat fades out suddenly, starts, and then repeats itself over again, I
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High On Fire returns with an abrasive set of songs, and a crushing new sound thanks to producer Kurt Ballou. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On Koloss, it’s Meshuggah as usual as the band churns out one ribcage-cracking riff after another. WATCH THE REVIEW
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With an emphasis on synths, edits, and effects, the Mars Volta makes the more accessible direction its been going in a lot more interesting, making this new record a colorful approach to progressive rock songwriting. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On the Shins’ fourth album, the band bring some newer, bigger production to the table. However, the band doesn’t exactly present the energy or personality to make these ambitious sounds exciting.
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In true Unsane fashion, this New York post-hardcore act delivers another album of abrasive guitars, aggressive vocals, punk spirit, and hard grooves. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On the OF Tape Vol. 2, OFWGKTA delivers their same brand of antics. Some clumsy flows, OK production, lewd lyrics. Nothing all that new if you’ve heard much of what the group has released up until this point. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On their latest album the men display as much variety as they do guts. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T. drops another monstrous free album, making 4evaNaDay the third installment in a winning streak of consistent and high-quality digital releases. WATCH THE REVIEW
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This is a series of short spiels discussing albums that I’ve failed to review for the past month or so. Sorry I didn’t get to them. I would have liked to, but I’m just one man. I can’t review everything. Here are the albums and artists