Bill Cooper
Marcloid’s abilities to shift between a bunch of different genres and throw you for a loop without making you turn off the album is impressive. Perhaps what’s even more incredible is how much the release grows on you after multiple listens.
3w
Amos’ latest album is a lyrically complex album but doesn’t hit the mark sonically; it will best appeal to those willing to work to unpack its key themes.
4w
Hannah Lew is actually tiresome. There’s just something exhausting about listening to synthy dream pop that isn’t catchy or enveloping. Furthermore, it’s disappointing, especially as Lew’s songs sound decent enough, but they don’t have enough songcraft to push them forward.
1mo
Enjoying Creature of Habit depends on how much you connect with the album’s message.
2mo
The Dandy Warhols’ covers album -- for only the dandiest.
2mo
For such moments of brilliance, those not down with all Metheny’s backlog can put up with some of the things they might not dig as much.
2mo
Hilary Duff’s latest release feels authentically hers, for better and worse.
3mo
Midori Hirano’s explorations on OTONOMA are as beautiful as they are entrancing, and no matter how many times you listen, you’ll still connect to tracks in new, breathtaking ways.
3mo
In an outstanding sophomore effort, The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis create an enticingly chaotic scramble of jazz with just enough to ground it.
3mo
The second venture from this instrumental soul project fares much better the first, but some tracks don’t add much to the overall listening experience.
3mo
On Somni, each track covers something different around the theme of dreams, from their surreal nature to their occasionally unhinged nature.
6mo
The Cords have the makings of a great jangle pop band, but their debut album becomes largely repetitive due to a lack of sonic variation and bad sequencing choices.
7mo
Folk Bitch Trio’s music is raw, beautiful, and lyrically smart, yet lacks enough sonic variation to be as compelling as it truly deserves.
10mo
Perhaps for Spanish speakers, the lyrics might make up for some of the sonic flaws, but for this English speaker, there’s a disconnect that sorely requires better flow and cohesiveness to link these songs together.
11mo
