Assume Form is James Blake at his least cryptic and most sincere
There’s a lot of animosity and panic when it comes to artists making more widely-appealing music than they have in the past. Regardless of how well the artist ass …
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Princess Nokia – Metallic Butterfly (Remastered and Expanded)
Since debuting the original “Metallic Butterly” in 2014, Princess Nokia has found time to start a podcast, release a couple of genre-defying mixtapes, model for …
The 1975: A Brief Inquiry into wasted potential
The 1975’s third studio album, A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships, is one of the biggest critical darlings of 2018. The album has converted a fair amount o …
Arctic Monkeys – Anyways
Earlier this year, the Arctic Monkeys reappeared as resident lounge band of the fictitious “Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino”, a lunar base of heavy drinking a …
Lil Peep – Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt.2
Just two years ago Lil Peep was jarring to new ears. It may have sounded like he wouldn’t work, that it was too much of a cultural collision that people would …
Vince Staples is as razor-sharp as ever on ‘FM!’
Vince Staples has always been a man of deceptive versatility. Though his flows and vocal performances sometimes come across as familiar, there’s no denying that h …
Review: Action Bronson – White Bronco
2018 has been monumental for hip-hop. While the year winds down we are being treated to an onslaught of high-profile releases, as artists seemingly try to get in on …
Middle Kids share “Salt Eyes”
Middle Kids frontwoman Hannah Joy described a ‘salt eye’ as the red, dehydrated crust after a big night and a big cry, “when you try to live large, but actual …
Brockhampton’s magic is far from lost on Iridescence
If there was a key word that could be applied to Brockhampton in 2018, it would be ‘pressure’. After last year’s Saturation Trilogy, a series of lauded albums …
Anderson .Paak serves up nostalgic funk that should last us the summer with ‘Tints’
As the weather heats up in the southern hemisphere we’re easily drawn towards feel-good, simple music: the type of tune to play while you’re pulling on new trai …
