This is the sort of album that will be referenced in production studios for years to come.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Nika Mo's Of Cloven Hoof in Honey is a 'boundlessly creative' debut
Nika Mo’s debut album Of Cloven Hoof in Honey is boundlessly creative, vividly imagined, and richly detailed.
Album Review: Foxing's Nearer My God is a Defiant Statement
Foxing’s latest release, Nearer My God, is very clearly the work of a band defiantly shouting back to the universe that seems hell-bent on tearing them apart.
Confidence Man’s debut album released alongside nationwide tour
After hearing their first song on the album, 'Try Your Luck', you certainly get the impression this album is fittingly named. It’s safe to say Perth is set for a wild show.
Album Review: Superorganism's Very Millennial Self-Titled Debut
Superorganism might just be the most millennial band around. Their sound is spontaneous and highly energetic, mixing samples and studio trickery with ‘real’ instruments.
Album Review: Perth Rap Crew Downsyde Reunite On ClassicILL
Throughout the album, the emotive wordplay is embedded in accomplished mixes and innovative orchestration. The result is an album jam packed with skillful beats and a beating heart.
Album Review: Julien Baker Ups the Anti on 'Turn Out the Lights'
After signing to the iconic indie label Matador Records and winning over audiences globally with her powerful live sets, the stakes were high for her follow-up record. Those that found comfort in her wounded debut album are likely to find more of the same this time around.
Album Review: King Krule delivers cinematic music with "The OOZ"
King Krule is back with fresh piece of work that showcases his impressive range of skill, featuring tasteful jazz elements, soulful harmonies, very satisfying instrument arrangements, and of course, his brutally iconic brand of vocal style.
Album Review: Mac Miller curates RnB inspired love songs on 'The Divine Feminine'
Sex. Love. Intimacy. It seems to me like Mac Miller must’ve had some life changing experiences to produce the heavenly album ‘The Divine Feminine’. This sweet, groovy, warm, death-by-mouthfuls-of-sexy-chocolate album seems to explain Mac’s adoration for the female form, mind and company, and this adoration is reflected in the title itself.
Lorde's "Melodrama" is an exaggerated but truthful portrayal of her internal thoughts
Melodrama marks the New Zealand’s artist transition from teenage drama to the formation period of young adulthood. The highly anticipated album marks not only a transition in thought process, but also production quality.
Little Dragon’s Season High, a decade low
Usually, Little Dragon’s version of pop is so smooth. But Season High is full of more misses than hits, and for that I’m led to believe that this album is for new listeners, not old fans.
ALBUM REVIEW: Jay Som's Debut Everybody Works is Simply Phenomenal
This isn’t a review. It’s more of a public service announcement. Listen to this album if you know what’s good for you.
Los Campesinos! Deliver a Raw, Mature Album with Sick Scenes
Overall Sick Stories is a rawer, more accessible and more mature (but no less energized) effort than anything Los Campesinos! have put out before. For every time you may be tempted to make comparisons, the Campesinos! crew find ways to remind you that there’s nobody else like them, full stop.
Run the Jewels: Still Killing it on RTJ3
Run the Jewels 3 is everything you could’ve hoped for from an RTJ project right now. It’s a full steam ahead onslaught of razor-sharp lines that cut to core of our times, leaving a deep impression on the listener.
ALBUM REVIEW: Sleigh Bells Sadly Don't Slay on "Jessica Rabbit"
Jessica Rabbit, the fourth album from Brooklyn noise pop duo Sleigh Bells, features too many songs that are overstuffed with scattershot ideas and incompatible sounds. Still, the album is not without its redemptive moments.
Julien Baker's "Sprained Ankle" is painfully honest and wholesomely atmospheric
Painfully honest and wholesomely atmospheric, Sprained Ankle ebbs and flows like a teenage diatribe, genuinely emotional, fundamentally lonely and painfully raw.
"Red Hot Chilli Peppers" makes a purposeful Getaway
Regardless of what people think or care, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers just do their thing simply because they want to (and because they have the financial capabilities and legacy to back them in any endeavour they choose). Their new album The Getaway, however, signifies a shift from their more traditional tactics that suggests that they’ve got more mojo in the bank.
ALBUM REVIEW: Skin by Flume
Skin finds the producer attempting to hit the middle ground between reaching the largest audience possible and expanding on his experimental tendencies. It should prove a hit with fans and newcomers and set him apart from his flurry of imitators.
ALBUM REVIEW: Dealer by Foxing
We took some time to review Foxing's new album. Read all about it!
TRACK BY TRACK – OUGHT’S NEW RECORD “SUN COMING DOWN”
It’s difficult to pin point exactly what’s so alluring about Ought. Almost exactly equal parts visceral to cerebral, their music lays all of its influences out on the canvas but presents post punk in a fresh and exciting way.