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Tyla’s A*POP Review: Pop With Teeth (and Receipts), Sorry Not Sorry

Tyla’s A*POP Review: Pop With Teeth (and Receipts), Sorry Not Sorry

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 11 minute read Reviews

An A*POP review that cuts past the sweetness: Tyla turns romance into a receipt-checking sport, then admits she’s not always sure what she wants. Most pop albums want you to fall in... more »

Loathe’s Stranger To You Review: Metalcore Left the Chat (On Purpose)

Loathe’s Stranger To You Review: Metalcore Left the Chat (On Purpose)

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 10 minute read Reviews

Stranger To You turns Loathe’s hype into a gritty dare—less metalcore, more whiplash, and it still wants you to call it heavy. Comeback albums don’t just arrive. They get dragged in by the... more »

DREAMS ON the Passenger Seat Review: DAMEDAME* Makes Home Uncomfortable

DREAMS ON the Passenger Seat Review: DAMEDAME* Makes Home Uncomfortable

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 12 minute read Reviews

Exploring the complexities of home, love, and survival, DAMEDAME*’s DREAMS ON the Passenger Seat delivers an intimate and raw R&B album that challenges traditional notions of comfort... more »

Fox BD’s Distribution Deals: A $200 Rap Album That Won’t Sit Still

Fox BD’s Distribution Deals: A $200 Rap Album That Won’t Sit Still

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 13 minute read Reviews

Fox BD turns Distribution Deals into a survival flex—funny, ugly, and weirdly intimate, like a group chat that accidentally became an album. I put on Finessin Distribution Deals... more »

Invite Sessions Only: Lance Skiiiwalker’s “unfinished” album that’s weirdly on purpose

Invite Sessions Only: Lance Skiiiwalker’s “unfinished” album that’s weirdly on purpose

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 12 minute read Reviews

invite sessions only isn’t trying to impress you—it’s trying to catch you eavesdropping. Lance Skiiiwalker turns fragments, guests, and half-hooks into a real mood. This album doesn’t... more »

SOON MY DOUBLES: Andrew’s Grief Rap That Pretends It’s a Flex

SOON MY DOUBLES: Andrew’s Grief Rap That Pretends It’s a Flex

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 14 minute read Reviews

SOON MY DOUBLES is a soul-sample confessional where andrew turns hand-me-down memories into punchlines, routines, and a quiet argument with death. Courtesy of U Don’t Deserve This... more »

Charli XCX “Music Fashion Film” Review: Pop Star Tries to Quit—Loudly

Charli XCX “Music Fashion Film” Review: Pop Star Tries to Quit—Loudly

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 11 minute read Reviews

Charli XCX turns Music Fashion Film into a frantic identity audit: marriage, runway hell, acting envy, and jokes sharp enough to draw blood. If you came here expecting a cooldown lap... more »

Out the Mud Review: MudBaby Ru Turns Family Trauma Into Street Math

Out the Mud Review: MudBaby Ru Turns Family Trauma Into Street Math

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 13 minute read Reviews

Out the Mud isn’t just grit—MudBaby Ru uses the album like a ledger, tallying loss, loyalty, and the cost of surviving West Memphis without pretending it’s poetic. You can feel the... more »

Caribenya Review: Lido Pimienta’s “Classical” Flex Isn’t Subtle

Caribenya Review: Lido Pimienta’s “Classical” Flex Isn’t Subtle

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 13 minute read Reviews

Explore how Lido Pimienta challenges musical boundaries and personal history in her album Caribenya, blending Caribbean roots with classical influences in a bold and intimate statement.... more »

Behind the Shades Review: Chris Crispy’s Soft R&B That Refuses to Text Back

Behind the Shades Review: Chris Crispy’s Soft R&B That Refuses to Text Back

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 12 minute read Reviews

Behind the Shades is a 27-minute slow-burn of professional-grade R&B where desire stays vague on purpose—and that’s either the charm or the problem. Los Angeles makes a certain kind... more »

Decades Album Review: Motionless In White Go Full Cyber-Goth (Again)

Decades Album Review: Motionless In White Go Full Cyber-Goth (Again)

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 9 minute read Reviews

Decades album turns Motionless In White into a nightclub metalcore machine—catchy, techy, and weirdly emotional when it wants to be. Some albums want you to “go on a journey.” Decades... more »

LADIPOE REVIVAL Album Review: Rap Hiding in Hooks Like It Pays Rent

LADIPOE REVIVAL Album Review: Rap Hiding in Hooks Like It Pays Rent

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 12 minute read Reviews

LADIPOE’s REVIVAL album bends Afropop’s hook-first instincts into confession, score-settling, and prayer—sometimes all in the same breath, delivering a nuanced rap experience within melodic... more »

If I’m Being Honest: Dame Atlas Turns R&B Into a One-Man Courtroom

If I’m Being Honest: Dame Atlas Turns R&B Into a One-Man Courtroom

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 13 minute read Reviews

If I’m Being Honest is Dame Atlas staging a messy trial of love, where he’s both the witness and the verdict—and the music dares you to argue. Male R&B used to show up with... more »

sum breakup songs Review: Dru Kelly & Stix Turn Heartbreak Into Homework

sum breakup songs Review: Dru Kelly & Stix Turn Heartbreak Into Homework

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 14 minute read Reviews

sum breakup songs turns a “best friend check-in” into a whole breakup spiral—funny, ugly, tender, and occasionally self-sabotaging on purpose. You know that moment when your friend... more »

HUN Album Review: The Hu Go Mainstream (and It Mostly Behaves Itself)

HUN Album Review: The Hu Go Mainstream (and It Mostly Behaves Itself)

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 10 minute read Reviews

HUN album puts The Hu’s Mongol grit on a tighter leash—bigger hooks, cleaner edges, and just enough throat-sung menace to keep it honest. The Hu don’t sound like a band that’s trying... more »

Atomic Justice Review: AJ Suede’s “Headquarters Rap” Isn’t Here to Hug You

Atomic Justice Review: AJ Suede’s “Headquarters Rap” Isn’t Here to Hug You

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 12 minute read Reviews

Atomic Justice turns self-made rap into a dry, focused manifesto—like memos fired off from a one-room HQ with the door locked. There’s a certain kind of confidence you can’t fake: the... more »

Better Than McDonald’s Review: Gangrene’s Ugly Beats Taste Expensive

Better Than McDonald’s Review: Gangrene’s Ugly Beats Taste Expensive

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 12 minute read Reviews

Better Than McDonald’s is Gangrene (The Alchemist & Oh No) turning rap into a greasy menu of threats, loops, and flexes—ugly on purpose, proud of it. Some records walk into the room... more »

Boatshoes Album Review: Brian Ennals & Blockhead’s Brightly Lit Doom

Boatshoes Album Review: Brian Ennals & Blockhead’s Brightly Lit Doom

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 13 minute read Reviews

Boatshoes album turns grim confession into funk therapy—then yanks the rug. It’s hilarious, ugly, tender, and (annoyingly) catchy. This is the kind of album that hands you a neon cocktail... more »

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