Stir Fry and a few of the other singles are definitely stand outs and some of the best songs Migos has ever done but as a whole it's just not entertaining enough to justify the run time.

One of the most important and often overlooked albums of its decade, 'Main Course' was part of a pivotal moment in music history. Helping shape the impending overhaul in popular music at the end of the 1970s, this album perfectly straddles the two phases of the Bee Gees' career: pop-rock and disco. More than forty years on, it still sounds as groovy as ever.

No one can deny Dua Lipa has one of the most distinct voices in quite a while. However, as evidenced by this record, vocal ability does not always translate to artistic talent. Many of the songs here are watered down pop radio fillers with no personality and the ones that are all sound the same. The few that are unique are clumped together or tacked on as bonus songs, playing second fiddle to a slew of generic missteps.

The energy of the lead off tracks is seldom recaptured on the rest of the record, making for a dull and underwhelming listen.

Unfortunately this is a huge decline in quality from his prior releases. The only tracks with any redeeming value are the Daft Punk collaborations and possibly Party Monster.

In the past, Sam Smith has more than proven he has a voice. This album proves he still doesn't know what to do with it.

One of the few albums without a single bad song, Californication is a modern day classic that served as a monumental moment in funk rock history.

Perhaps the greatest debut album of the 2000s, Hot Fuss is ripe with raw energy and sounds fresh over a decade later.

Joanne represents Gaga at her absolute best.

Simply put, DAMN is a great album with a selection of essential Kendrick cuts. But it still has got nothing on his previous records.

"Chained to the Rhythm" showed promise, cleverly spinning a political narrative into simple pop lyrics. But beyond that and perhaps the title track there's little here of value. Over stuffed with terrible, cliche lyrical content and dripping in corny, late 2000s production, Witness is without a doubt the weakest entry in an already limp discography.

American rock band Spoon has widely been regarded as one of the best chameleon groups in modern music history. Their incredible ability to transcend the many genres of music with each full length project has bewildered thousands, resulting in endless showers of praise and an incredibly steady fan base. In fact, Spoon was considered by Metacritc (the well known review aggregate) to be the most consistently appraised band of the 21st century’s first 10 years.

On Hot Thoughts, Spoon does ... read more

Less than a month after releasing his collaborative full length Mansionz with Mike Posner, American singer Matthew Tyler Must (better known as Blackbear) is back with his third full length solo LP digital druglord.

Upon first listen, this project (which clocks in at just over a half hour in length) feels wildly inconsistent, packed with far too many ideas and not enough time to execute them properly.

Sparse introduction track “hell is where i dreamt of u and woke up alone” ... read more

After hopping on Icona Pop’s “I Love It” and Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” (which both were top 10 hits no doubt thanks to her), Charli XCX began her mainstream breakthrough with her The Fault In Our Stars soundtrack lead single “Boom Clap”.

Instead of continuing with this brand of mellow yet still striking pop, she quickly re-introduced the side of herself that initially had indie music bloggers raving; her “no fucks given” attitude ... read more

John Mayer’s approach to the release of this long awaited album was more than promising. From the calculated lead off single “Love on the Weekend” to the strategic extended play roll out and even the seemingly apt song titles (notably “Emoji of a Wave”), The Search For Everything campaign was admittedly exciting and fresh. It looked as though Mayer was ready to evolve and deliver a punchier record in sync with modern times.

Looking at the final product, however, ... read more

Currents, the third studio album by rock group Tame Impala, was one of the few albums from 2015 that really struck a chord with me. Being a casual listener of the Australian act’s two prior albums (Innerspeaker and Lonerism), I was used to leading member Kevin Parker’s psychedelic spin on the rock and alternative genres. At the same time, however, I was enthralled with other more accessible and arguably more re-playable genres such as experimental hip-hop, and electro-R&B as ... read more

ANTI, the eighth studio album from Barbadian R&B and pop artist Rihanna, marked a drastic musical departure from her earlier recordings. I will admit that Rihanna, during her musical eras that were more pop structured and mainstream centric, was an artist that always had a song on the radio I could get into. But past that, her albums weren’t really bodies of work but rather clumps and collections of slicked club pop and light R&B with the occasional hint of electronic dance music ... read more

With “Lush Life” lighting up international charts, “Never Forget You” becoming an unlikely stateside smash and slinky guest spots on local hits by Tinie Tempah and David Guetta, Swedish starlet Zara Larsson was inescapable in 2016.

Fast forward to March 2017 and Zara is releasing her first international album. Tracks “So Good” and “I Would Like” are still floating around. Hype is at a high.

Fast forward to April 2017 and it’s already ... read more

Going into this Depeche Mode album cycle, my expectations were sky high. Not only was Spirit garnering rave advance reviews, Depeche Mode is the group behind my most loved track of all time (“Enjoy the Silence”). Unfortunately all expectations went right out the window when “Where’s the Revolution” dropped as the project’s lead single.

‘Revolution’ in particular struggles from a mismatch in style; the production is quite stunning and even ... read more

This has got to be one of the most disappointing downward spirals I've seen. Maroon 5 started off their career as a very nice middle ground between pop and rock. Since then, they've evolved, as all bands do, but not creatively. Their musical output has slowly wasted away, each album worse than the previous. I could support them through songs like Moves Like Jagger, the 'Overexposed' record and even parts of the 'V' record because those songs were still catchy and afloat lyrically. This most ... read more