Andrew Winistorfer
This is a band that has hit its stride in a way that’s hard to articulate, and even harder to pull off effectively.
8y
On Exmilitary, Death Grips played liked sonic terrorism, a group bending hip-hop to be as brusque and frightening as noise rock. On The Money Store, they play like an electronic group that happens to have a deranged rapper as its front man. The difference is subtle, but important.
8y
Garbus might be more known right now as a magnetic performer, but w h o k i l l proves she's just as beguiling on record.
7y
What you read is what you get here: an album full of small Scott-Heron samples bolstered by production from a member of the xx. Nothing more, nothing less.
6y
There have been, and probably will be, better rap albums this year. But none will be more fun.
7y
The Roots are about to get flooded with production offers, since if they can lend John Legend serious street cred and make him more thrilling than he has ever been, they ought to be able to do this for everyone.
6y
Gone are the frantic raps, menacing synths, and general hardness of the band's past three albums. In their place is a mellow approximation of the jazzy, old-school charm of The Roots circa Things Fall Apart.
7y
Throughout its padded 40-minute run time (like All Hour Cymbals, it’s got a decent amount of filler), Odd Blood makes a stronger case for what’s up next for the band’s sound than where it is now.
7y
As the watery floating of "I Think Ur A Contra" draws the album to a close, it becomes clear that not only did the members of Vampire Weekend succeed in creating an excellent sophomore album; they've managed to survive long enough to outlive their hype and its attendant backlash
7y
Despite its short shelf life, Real Estate, if it hits you at the right time, can be splendidly transcendent.
3y
Listening to Bleach now, the main thing that comes across is how little it sounds moored to a specific time.
3y
Logos, while just the second solo album from the frontman for a band of marginal fame, represents the latest and greatest chapter in Cox’s ride to indie stardom.
7y
A certain amount of reassurance in the power of The Flaming Lips comes with each of the band's album releases, and this one is no different.
7y
Girls are, at their most basic, a solid band of rock ‘n’ roll reappropriators.
7y
Instead of spoon-feeding you how you’re supposed to react, they challenge you to understand them.
5y
Popular Songs finds the band crafting solid indie rock that is more by-the-numbers than Yo La Tengo has been in the past.
2y
The Blueprint 3 starts well enough. Its first half is good to great ... But around the time we get to the Timbaland-produced, Limbaugh-dissing, Drake-featuring “Off That,” a song about how far ahead of the curve Jay is, the album's quality falls off considerably.
7y