Reviews
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 »
Crayola Circles Review: Fatboi Sharif Turns Rap Into a Broken Radio
Crayola Circles is Fatboi Sharif at peak compression—short tracks, warped samples, and lyrics that hit like flashbulbs instead of stories. Crayola Circles isn’t trying to walk you through... more »
Kehlani Album Review: a self-titled flex that somehow stays human
Kehlani’s self-titled album transforms messy relationship whiplash into a mature R&B triumph—featuring quiet vocals, prominent collaborations, and a raw honesty that breaks the usual... more »
Immolation Descent Review: 42 Minutes of Brutality With No Time for Feelings
Immolation's latest album, Descent, delivers a punishing and disciplined death metal experience that refuses to soften its edges or compromise on intensity. Some records invite you in.... more »
Hulvey COULD BE TONIGHT Review: a surprise drop with a locked door
Hulvey’s COULD BE TONIGHT isn’t “new music” so much as a faith inventory—fast beats, fixed palette, and a man admitting he might’ve been acting. This album doesn’t knock. It just... more »
At the Gates’ Future Dead: the “farewell” that still throws elbows
“The Ghost Of A Future Dead” delivers classic At the Gates aggression with a fierce refusal to soften, serving as a powerful swansong for the late Tomas Lindberg. There are albums that... more »