"Transphobes eat shit and die alone."
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Damn- okay, I think we're onto something.

I mean, this song is so explosive! The vocals, the instrumentation just sparkle with fury and passion, and I may have seen this song as a normal one, had the abrasive mix not empowered with a sort of unstoppable, even paranormal power that truly ascends me in the end of it all. And don't even get me started on the eclectism of it all, I love AmEN! so much. I am just mesmerized by it and kinda excited for whatever all these mixed case letters mean.

Oh yeah, baby! That's what I call Jazz Rap!

Beloved! Paradise! Jazz​!​? is genuinely one of the best produced albums of this year so far. The instrumentals are so rich and elastic that I just want to eat them: they simply look that appetizing, and they're not even a visual artform! A lot of this album's success also goes to McKinley Dixon himself: both his flow and his lyricism are so thick and buttery and intricately woven, they're a pleasure to listen to.

I think the project as a whole ... read more

If Falling in Reverse wrote this album, they would've named it "Life Is But a Videogame..."

OK, I get it now.

I've never actually deliberately listened to Foo Fighters up to this point, because I'm not really into all of the hard rock from the 90's or the 2000's, especially the grunge stuff to which FF certainly belonged. However, I do understand what this band is in its basic form, and I can pretty safely say that this is easily their most groundbreaking work of art to date.

But Here We Are is certainly a very lyrically centred album, and considering the context in which it was ... read more

Amy Rose says YES to Gay Rights. 👍

Uh... So, remember how one of my favourite albums of all time is Miles Davis' Bitches Brew? 😅 ...Wait, don't tell me there's a town in England called Bitches.

Regardless, London Brew's debut self-titled LP showcases the formulas of jazz fusion in a fresh new form. With the usual jazz package, you've got guitar riffs, wooden flute solos and occasional electronic/hip-hop implementations in the usage guarantee as well. This album is also very, very chaotic, which is usually such a plus for me ... read more

Chaotic Evil Bulgaria

So... remember how last year I awarded black midi's Hellfire as my personal Best Album of 2022? ...Well, this album right here is a very similar one. Its intensity reminds me very much of that record, but don't get me wrong: apart from these few claims to alleged unoriginality, Nemesta is a real fucking standout, even in the current landscape of avant-prog!

The music is, arguably, even more insane and obliteratory than Hellfire, featuring metallic chugging, sound ... read more

Lawful Good Bulgaria

I am ... simply mesmerized. Who could've thought that you can make such transcendental, elusive music with voice alone. "Le mystère des voix bulgares : volume 1" delivers exactly what it promised in the title: a mystery of how that even works in the first place. The choral melodies sung by the twenty-four participants of the ordeal are so meticulously crafted, entangled, woven into itself, that there is a certain type of magic to all the songs here. ... read more

SHORT REVIEW:

Aminé, a lovely persona, and KAYTRANADA, a nice musicmaker, come together to make KAYTRAMINÉ, a pretty good rap album! It is certainly a very summer party album, as I see many of the songs on here to be great summer bops and bangers. Not STFU3 though, but rather letstalkaboutit, 4EVA or the tastefully extensive K&A. It's not like I can go much deeper with it: the lyrics are good, the music is good, the features are good, and that is it! KAYTRAMINÉ did ... read more

Even though chaotic, cosmic and audacious records always appear to be a lot of fun during listening, it's actually not as easy to make them as it seems. You need a lot of talent to truly pull it off, and I have no doubt that Lucy Liyou has the capacity to do it. Dog Dreams is the exact type of such an album done right, though it's not quite bizarre, nor is it loud either. This 34-minute sound tapestry is filled with soothing, immaculate, truly otherworldly sonic moments; combined in one solid ... read more

Sorry, I'm late! I was busy all week, so I couldn't review your newest single :( Happy Late Birthday though!

Anyway, I already see your further growth as an artist on Y'all Don't Know. The vocals are, again, mixed too loudly, but that's about it. The beat is lovely, the production is surprisingly clean for an independent release, the flow and lyrics are pretty good too... Damn, you're doing a pretty good job with your musicianship, @BruhMan. I don't have much else to say, except that you ... read more

Thank you, @Dalton, for the recommendation!

Hey, this is pretty good! The instrumentals convey the emotions of sorrow and sombreness very well, and make everything in their powers to make you get consumed by their atmosphere. So, yeah, the music itself is really great, and I give it a lot of credit for its accomplishments.

My issue with this project though are the vocals. The mixing on them is simultaneously too loud and too quiet, and that quality about them creates a distraction from all ... read more

Oh yeah, Mr. Squidward 🦑😩

Yoop, sorry for the hiatus, been high on piña coladas this past week 💚

The slickness of Janelle Monáe's The ArchAndroid cannot be denied. Combining the orchestral arrangements of the past, the polished pop music of the present and the electronic boppery of the future, this album can be called a pure form of eclectic pop with a basis in that sort of thick, audacious R&B. If anything, my only major complaint against this album is its mixing, which made it kinda hard to ... read more

You know an English rock album is going to be good when the frontman actually pronounces the voiced alveolar trill in one of its songs

Well, it seems that I've missed one hell of a great project last year with Aethiopes. This is the same old good Billy Woods, except this album is even meattier and more expansive than Places or Maps despite being shorter in length. The instrumentals are arguably one of the richest out of any rap album in 2022 and a primary reason why I love it over his other releases in my vicinity, but I don't want to write off Billy out of the equation with this statement, 'cause his 'knotty' lyricism gives a ... read more

NO SHIT, YOU BURNED THE FOOD 🔥😭💀

Despite the fact that I find the mixing and sequencing on this project kind of irritating, I can't stress enough how well Maps works for me. The instrumentals are versatile and very well assembled, the production is vibrant and popping, Billy's flow and lyricism are as good as ever, the features are tight... Maps is great, really! Maybe, with time, it will even overthrow Hiding Places as the absolute best (if Aethiopes won't do it), but even if not, the Year End List is still open to ... read more