When your oeuvre is primarily composed of operas, it’s easy to regard a short chamber piece as your most accessible work. This is the…
Barn is a languorous record, and a better late-career effort that most artists can muster. Neil Young again pairs with Crazy Horse for the…
4NEM is the latest proof that Chief Keef’s singularity and eccentricity are second to none in the world of hip hop. While there’s been…
Ross might be richer than he’s ever been, but he’s also as uninspired as he’s ever been on his latest. It’s unclear what exactly…
Live Life Fast is an anonymous bore of an album that rides of a wave of unearned ego. Roddy Ricch clearly thought he was…
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Chief Keef While there’s been little to no media fanfare surrounding its release, Chief Keef’s 4NEM is an album that demands your utmost attention.…
On February 22 of 2021, a major musical rupture occurred: Daft Punk, the mythic French house duo, through an “Epilogue” video casually posted to…
#1. “Man, tell them haters open up the jail (Open up the jail) And you can tell my baby mamas, “Get the bail money”…
#2. Though few may have expected it, Porter Robinson emerged, quite triumphantly, as one of 2021’s most significant pop artists, reasserting himself as the…
#3. One of the more immediate musical trends to take hold post-Covid was a noticeable shift toward quieter dynamics, embodied most visibly by the…
#4. Though British producer Iglooghost (aka Seamus Malliagh) operates within some of the more tonally extreme subgenres of 2010s electronic music — UK Bass,…
#5.The subtext of Outside Child, the solo debut from Allison Russell, is trauma — childhood abuse, cyclical violence, life as a teenage runaway. But…
#6. Given the current character of the music industry,“online music” is quickly approaching obsolescence as a useful label — if ever it was one. The…
#7. Arriving at the tail end of 2020 — Christmas Day, to be exact — to the bewilderment of fans and skeptics alike, Playboi Carti’s…
#8. As easy as it is to recognize the old spirit that Lana Del Rey has always been, it’s just as easy to see…
#10. Though prolific and trendy, Bladee remains a figure seemingly detached, his career thus far skirting up against, and indebted to, the western pop…