Reviews
Music Saved Me 3 Review: A Queens Diary That Refuses to Blink
KNOWITALL and Skip The Kid deliver a stark and unflinching portrait of survival in Queens with their latest album, blending raw street narratives, spiritual conflict, and relentless... more »
The Earth Is Breathing: Armed For Apocalypse Make Doom Sound Athletic
Armed For Apocalypse’s Earth Is Breathing delivers a dense and relentless post-metal experience that balances bleakness with a persistent pulse of hope, crafting a uniquely turbulent... more »
Dess Dior’s Note to Self Review: Flex Rap With Trust Issues (Sadly Catchy)
Dess Dior’s Note to Self turns money talk into a self-checkout lane: fast, repetitive, and weirdly personal when it finally slows down. Savannah, Georgia rarely gets treated like a rap... more »
VINSON’s Raw Honey Review: Sexy, Sad, and Weirdly Proud of It
Raw Honey is VINSON flirting through pain—sex as small talk, confession as background noise, and one voicemail that says the quiet part out loud. The funniest thing about Raw Honey is... more »
Roman Candle “Unadulterated” Review: Hardcore That Won’t Let You Breathe
Roman Candle’s debut album “Unadulterated” delivers an intense hardcore/screamo experience, blending visceral vocals, grinding riffs, and haunting religious imagery into an unrelenting... more »
Samba Jean-Baptiste’s +3 Album Review: a breakup text you can dance to
+3 album turns voicemail silence into a whole aesthetic—sweet, wired, and quietly brutal. Samba Jean-Baptiste crafts intimate, overthought, sometimes brilliant, and occasionally... more »
Shadow Town Review: Liam Bailey’s “Anywhere” Album That Refuses a Zip Code
Liam Bailey’s Shadow Town strips names, places, and easy identity—then dares you to feel the mess anyway. Before a note hits, Shadow Town looks like it belongs to nobody and everybody... more »
Good God/Baad Man Review: COC’s “Double Album” That Cheats Time
Good God/Baad Man is Corrosion of Conformity splitting into two moods—holy haze and bar-fight funk—without padding the runtime or pretending it’s subtle. Corrosion of Conformity has... more »
Boom You Album Review: NEMS & Ron Browz Turn Threats Into Therapy
Boom You isn’t subtle: NEMS raps like a fight breaks out mid-thought, and Ron Browz keeps the room bright so you can’t pretend you didn’t hear it. Some albums ease you in. Boom You... more »
House of Cards Review: The Amity Affliction’s “New Era” Hits Like a Truck
House of Cards turns The Amity Affliction’s turmoil into clean, brutal momentum—heavy enough to bruise, slick enough to hook you back in. Some albums try to convince you they’ve... more »
Beautiful Tragedy Review: Ebony Riley Turns R&B Into a Mirror (Ouch)
Ebony Riley’s Beautiful Tragedy sounds like pleasure, shame, faith, and ego all fighting for the same microphone. Some albums want to be understood. Beautiful Tragedy mostly wants to be... more »
Forager Album Review: Cadence Weapon Turns Thrifting Into a Flex Trap
Forager album plays like a rummage sale with a PhD—warm beats, obsessive details, and a dad-rap twist that’s weirder (and smarter) than it sounds. This album doesn’t want you to “relate.”... more »
BEEMER ON BROADWAY Review: CRIMEAPPLE Drives Luxury Bars Into Traffic
BEEMER ON BROADWAY showcases CRIMEAPPLE’s ability to treat each beat like a distinct room he owns, delivering sharp lyricism and varied production without losing focus or energy.
What’s Left Now Review: Death Lens Punches You Awake (Politely)
What’s Left Now is Death Lens turning tour-burnout into sharp punk therapy—hooky, jittery, and just messy enough to feel like real life. Death Lens doesn’t ease you in. What’s Left Now... more »
The Answer Review: Billy Danze’s “Old Man Yells at Rap” (and Wins)
A deep dive into Billy Danze’s latest solo effort, The Answer, revealing its raw emotions, veteran bravado, and the complexity of a rapper balancing legacy and relevance. Billy... more »
Play With Something Safe Review: Rosco & Craven Make Pain Sound Casual
Play With Something Safe isn’t a comeback victory lap—it’s Rosco P Coldchain sounding unnervingly normal about things most rappers only cosplay. Most albums like this are framed as... more »
Serial Romantic Review: Jai’Len Josey Makes Commitment Sound Tiring
Jai’Len Josey’s Serial Romantic isn’t here to be polite—it’s sex, betrayal, and appetite in 13 swings, stitched together on purpose and slightly out of spite. Some albums flirt. Serial... more »
Soft Rains Album Review: VLMV’s Calm Music That Refuses to Hurry
Soft Rains turns ambient post-rock into a slow-motion argument with modern life—pretty, stubborn, and occasionally a little too polite. Modern life sprints. This album doesn’t. Soft... more »