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WHACK'S MUSEUM Mixtape Review: Tierra Whack Wants Her Trophy Now

WHACK'S MUSEUM Mixtape Review: Tierra Whack Wants Her Trophy Now

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 14 minute read Reviews

WHACK'S MUSEUM is Tierra Whack turning wordplay into a lawsuit for recognition—funny, nasty, and occasionally heavy when the jokes finally crack. This isn’t a “back outside” project. It’s... more »

Rituals of Shame Album Review: Warning Returns Like a Polite Sledgehammer

Rituals of Shame Album Review: Warning Returns Like a Polite Sledgehammer

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 11 minute read Reviews

Rituals of Shame doesn’t “come back” so much as reappears mid-swing—slow, heavy, and surgical. If doom metal is your vice, Warning knows it. A lot can change in twenty years—governments... more »

Harrowing Album Review: Lindsay Schoolcraft Turns Pain into Stadium Smoke

Harrowing Album Review: Lindsay Schoolcraft Turns Pain into Stadium Smoke

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 9 minute read Reviews

Harrowing album turns harp-born elegance into modern metal bite—sometimes too familiar, sometimes weirdly perfect, and always trying to outgrow its own bruises. Some albums want you to... more »

Lost In Kyiv Album Review: “We’re All Going To Be Fine” Isn’t Fine

Lost In Kyiv Album Review: “We’re All Going To Be Fine” Isn’t Fine

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 8 minute read Reviews

Lost In Kyiv weaponize post-rock beauty with post-metal muscle—then sneak in synths and a guest vocal like it’s no big deal. I put this album on expecting another graceful, slow-burn... more »

Chlöe’s Resurrection Mixtape: Timbaland’s “Feature” Is Basically a Ghost

Chlöe’s Resurrection Mixtape: Timbaland’s “Feature” Is Basically a Ghost

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 13 minute read Reviews

Chlöe’s Resurrection mixtape isn’t a duet—it’s a power move. Timbaland lurks, she negotiates, and the writing finally acts like it wants to win. Here’s the first trick the Resurrection... more »

Lee Lewis’ HOWL EP Review: A Breakup Diary That Refuses to Leave

Lee Lewis’ HOWL EP Review: A Breakup Diary That Refuses to Leave

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 10 minute read Reviews

Lee Lewis’ HOWL EP doesn’t heal—it reenacts the damage on purpose, then dares you to call it love. Here’s what HOWL EP is really doing. Most breakup records show up when the smoke has... more »

Saturday Night Sunday Morning Review: PJ Morton’s Split-Personality Test

Saturday Night Sunday Morning Review: PJ Morton’s Split-Personality Test

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 14 minute read Reviews

Saturday Night Sunday Morning is PJ Morton turning the Black church calendar into a double album—and daring you to admit you live in both halves. Some albums say they’re two things at... more »

Quantum Entanglement Review: Dreamer Isioma Turns Pain Into a Club Trick

Quantum Entanglement Review: Dreamer Isioma Turns Pain Into a Club Trick

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 12 minute read Reviews

Dreamer Isioma’s Quantum Entanglement uses cosmic language to make self-harm thoughts speakable—then dares you to dance anyway. This album deals openly with suicide and self-harm. If you... more »

SAKURA Album Review: Devin Morrison’s Love Spiral Is Weirdly Funny

SAKURA Album Review: Devin Morrison’s Love Spiral Is Weirdly Funny

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 13 minute read Reviews

SAKURA album feels like romance written by someone scared of wanting anything—sweet on purpose, darker by accident, and oddly hilarious when it panics. Some albums want you to fall in... more »

An Ending In Itself Review: Sleeping With Sirens’ “Closure” Isn’t Subtle

An Ending In Itself Review: Sleeping With Sirens’ “Closure” Isn’t Subtle

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 9 minute read Reviews

Ending In Itself turns trauma into hooks, friendship into scripture, and one band’s comeback into a slightly messy, very human argument with itself. Seventeen years into being that band... more »

My Broken Odds Review: BabyChiefDoit’s Teen Superhero Complex (Oops)

My Broken Odds Review: BabyChiefDoit’s Teen Superhero Complex (Oops)

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 15 minute read Reviews

My Broken Odds isn’t a victory lap—it’s a 16-year-old building a myth while you can still hear the kid breathing inside it. Some albums show you a person. My Broken Odds shows you a... more »

Until The Sun Explodes Review: Sublime Tries Bottling 1996 (Again)

Until The Sun Explodes Review: Sublime Tries Bottling 1996 (Again)

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 10 minute read Reviews

Until The Sun Explodes brings back the Long Beach vibe with fresh energy, as Sublime returns with Jakob Nowell leading the way in their first full-length album in 30 years. Some albums... more »

MONO Snowdrop Review: Grief, but Make It Weirdly Radiant (Seriously)

MONO Snowdrop Review: Grief, but Make It Weirdly Radiant (Seriously)

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 10 minute read Reviews

MONO Snowdrop turns loss into bright, blooming post-rock—less funeral march, more stubborn life-force. It’s gorgeous, and a little too polished. Post-rock has always been the genre... more »

Surprise Motherfuckers Album Review: 12 Tracks That Pretend They’re Calm

Surprise Motherfuckers Album Review: 12 Tracks That Pretend They’re Calm

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 13 minute read Reviews

twogeebs and Action Figure 973 use Surprise Motherfuckers to turn flat delivery into a weapon—horror, hustle, and doom with zero comforting tone. The first thing Surprise Motherfuckers... more »

Born$aviiior Review: BlackMugen’s Holy War Is Also a Comic Book (Too Much?)

Born$aviiior Review: BlackMugen’s Holy War Is Also a Comic Book (Too Much?)

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 13 minute read Reviews

Born$aviiior review of BlackMugen’s final Satan chapter—where Five Percent doctrine, anime mythos, and war-rap sermons fuse so cleanly it’s almost suspicious. Some albums build a world.... more »

KennyV Album Review: Serengeti’s Livestream Grandpa Won’t Log Off

KennyV Album Review: Serengeti’s Livestream Grandpa Won’t Log Off

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 14 minute read Reviews

Serengeti’s KennyV album turns midlife drip and dead love into a comment section spiral—funny, bleak, and way too familiar. If you put KennyV album on expecting “songs,” you’ll keep tripping... more »

New Self Review: The Bobby Lees Make Punk Do Salsa (Against Your Will)

New Self Review: The Bobby Lees Make Punk Do Salsa (Against Your Will)

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 10 minute read Reviews

New Self isn’t “just punk rock”—it’s The Bobby Lees swerving through nu-metal, horror mood, and even salsa, like rules are optional. Some albums ease you in. New Self kicks the door... more »

On Borrowed Time Album Review: UK Hardcore That Pretends It’s Calm

On Borrowed Time Album Review: UK Hardcore That Pretends It’s Calm

Valeriy Bagrintsev Valeriy Bagrintsev 10 minute read Reviews

On Borrowed Time turns panic into melody—On Borrowed Time sounds like a band sprinting through fog, then acting surprised they’re out of breath. Some debuts feel like a “hello.” This... more »

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