Dance-punk is alive and well. Parquet Courts' latest is bursting at the seams with playfully angry energy, to the point where you worry the whole thing will explode. It's easy to miss some of the clever wordplay and lyricism and get caught up in the spirit of Wide Awake! Color me impressed.

Favorite Tracks: Almost Had to Start a Fight/In and Out of Patience, Normalization, Violence, Wide Awake, Extinction, Back to Earth, Total Football, Freebird II, Death Will Bring Change

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Hot take: Donald Glover is only successful because he panders to white trends through originally black and dominantly black genres (hip hop, r&b, funk, soul, etc). His music and visual work is decent at best, and receives hype and praise before it can truly be taken in by the audience. Sure he's got some hits, but he has many more misses. Glover's likability and prior television roles brought him into the spotlight, and unfortunately his music is keeping him in it. I wouldn't be this ... read more

why does Alex Turner sound like a drunk uncle whispering in your ear throughout this album