Lil Uzi Vert - Futsal Shuffle 2020
NR

My cat's name is oliver an I callem lil ollie vert

Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm
NR

I love when she says "I went out back with my good girl Daisy and shot her point blank in the head"

Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
63

Can't stop spinning...

There's a lot more pop than Visions + earlier releases, but not to the nauseating effect of Art Angel's experimental Disney pop. Reminiscent of many moments in Halfaxa & Geidi Primies. Grimes, who is yet to go by 'c' at least professionally/on paper, finds her equilibrium as an artist. I do hope for more experimental endeavors in the future, but a sublime effort from one of 2k10 pop's more controversial figures.

... Elon doesn't have time to explain the AI timeline ... read more

Hannah Diamond - Reflections
NR

only my opinion matters, if we're being, honest

Steve Roach - Trance Archeology
80

Steve Roach is one with the cosmos...

Moses Sumney - Virile
5

His voice sounds like spoiled milk begging to be poured down the drain

Andy Stott - It Should Be Us
75

One of the best things Ive heard all year. Post-dub at its finest!

FKA twigs - MAGDALENE
63

An extravagant papier-mache performance that crumples under its own weight

Katy Perry - Harleys in Hawaii
1

somebody put this dying dog out of her misery

Rex Orange County - Pony
NR

The face you make when you're looking to get slapped by a man with much beefier hands

Solange - A Seat at the Table
66

Good background listening, better fodder for publications to write about black ppl

Frank Ocean - DHL
43

Crazy that the cure for AIDS went missing from a DHL shipment in '79..

Floating Points - Crush
63

The Floating Points idiosyncrasies shine brighter than the ideas he borrows, and he borrows a few

Solange - When I Get Home
46

I'm all for breathing room in a record, but this feels more like incapacitation than poised brevity. Let's be clear, Solange's faults are not egregious; I'm excited that she'll hopefully grow out of this 'sophisticated' art-heaux phase going into the next album -- so much of it feels like a need to distinguish her vision from her sister's, which is completely unnecessary.

And then.. "Do nothing without intention" we hear, as we're ushered into "Almeda", one of two memorable ... read more

Big Thief - Two Hands
48

Indie Rock albums like these are about as meritable as a mumble rap mixtape. There's no real innovation going on here except maybe the lead's vocals, which are grating to say the least. Not that I expect original composition or experimental aesthetics from this genre, but I don't understand the praise these bands get when their selling point is a scraggly voice and ambiguous lyrics that don't have real meaning until someone posts their own misguided interpretation on Genius.

To each their ... read more

Alex Chilton - Songs From Robin Hood Lane
68

A compilation of living room session-styled jazz covers mapping the lineage of Chilton's early influences. A real treat for AC fans, but a breezy listen for almost anyone else.

" "Liz Taylor is not her style, and even Liberace smiled" -Nina Simone" -- Alex Chilton

51

Slayyyter recalls Brit's Blackout era, but instead of lacing the mood with rebellion, she injects it with mania, which hardly makes its way around the album's circulatory system to give the body the craveable pop high the wannabe pop-star (acknowledging the motif, not a slight) advertises.

Moments of promise are outnumbered by moments of clutter, yet there's something so astute about the multiple nods to Britney - it's so timely! The generation of kids that grew up on Blackout and ... PCD ... read more

Feist - Let It Die
76

Might be my favorite her albums, but I'm a sucker for that jazzy, seamless, adult contemporary instrumentation, and Leslie's vocals work symbiotically with it. Your ego... let it die... and see yourself to her leisure suite.

NR

Probably won't listen to this again, but big ups for bro-step taking a less commercial approach. The ideas are basic ones but they feel malleable and purposeful.

Would be a great show at the right venue...

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