Travis Scott - UTOPIA
86
amazing.
Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
79
I don't know...it's good I guess.
Sharon Van Etten - We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
72
hm, I don't know. I really enjoy everyting she's done in the last 10 years, but this one felt like something she already did. I don't know if it is the production, the arrangement, or even the performances...the songs are good, but they didn't spoke to me like I was expecting. Maybe sometime soon it will, I hope so.
Arcade Fire - WE
82
20 years of career and they're still releasing interesting stuff, that's something. The second half of the album was lackluster for me, but End of The Empire I-III is the best song of 2022 so far. So yeah, great comeback!
PUP - THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND
71
It's funny, they managed to bring the sense of humor and social alienation of previous generation's punk rock to this era, with an explosive and modern sound and a tight band to deliver all that. So I guess they're one of the best punk bands of this generation, no doubts about that. That being said, this album is all over the place. I mean, the A-side it's just what we expect from them. Catchy tunes with sing-along choruses and a noisy sound with tight guitar-bass lines. But as soon as the B ... read more
Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future
70
meh, it's okay I guess? I mean, he surely can rap, the boom-bap sound it's compelling and the themes are relevant. But really there's no artistic vision/output that I feel it was really unique or interesting to justify all the hype. It's just boom-bap rap talking about contemporary themes with the same visions we heard everywhere. I feel like rap has lost its confrontative style and it's just mainstream pop now. Even when rappers try to be 'critical' and stuff, the lifestyle that they sell it's ... read more
Beach House - Once Twice Melody
85
This is gonna take a while to sink in, but the first impressions are outstanding, especially Disc 1. They manage to articulate such an immersive and deep sentimental sound that really delivers the best of what dream pop can express. I will come back to this, maybe I will love it or maybe I will just stick with a couple of songs. It doesn't matter, there is no way to deny that this is well made music.
Mitski - Laurel Hell
72
I really enjoyed her last two albums. This one's good, but less inspired I guess. Her song topics and structure are quite similar to the ones on Be the cowboy, but with a more polished arrangement, which works fine, it just didn't captivate me the same way.
Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
78
I love this warm-melodic-dramatic-Arcade Fire approach, and this is a fantastic band. Great musicians and all. But my God, I gotta say WHAT A TERRIBLE SINGER!! DEAR GOD!! You have a fantastic band by your back doing all these modulations and hooks and harmonies and everything and all these douche can do is this Ian Curtis impersonation with some non-sensical lyrics. For Christ's sake. Please get a singer and you'll be the best band in the world.
illuminati hotties - Let Me Do One More
72
it's good I guess, I don't know, it didn't captivate me like her first record, but it's still pretty catchy and fun. Good arrangements, well-constructed melodies, funny lyrics. She's been delivering quality power pop ever since 2018 and I hope she continues.
shame - Drunk Tank Pink
80
yeah, that was pretty solid. They're probably the most accessible band out of the Brixton scene, but still interesting and singular in their own way. I felt like I just listen to a collection of post-punk jams, and that's about all I could ask for.
IDLES - CRAWLER
81
They're such a unique band. I think they're really mastering their sound, this is probably their most mature effort 'to this day. It feels like every member of the band is more confident and secure with their own artistic contribution to the band sound. I just really wish to see them live, they're this type of band (and I'm glad that still exist bands like that!).
Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon: I
76
This is not really the type of rock music that I'm into, but I'm having a great time with these songs. It just sounds so good. So layered, melodic, bold. Great vocals and guitar lines all over this album, and the compositions stand by themselves. Probably one of the rock albums of the year.
Squid - Bright Green Field
83
yeah, I was wrong about this one too. It took a while, but I'm really digging this sound. This is the studio music that we need in 2021: it takes advantage of the production resources available today - the effects, the sequences, the midis - while still being grounded in the musical outlook and experience of actual musicians playing real instruments. The result is a powerful sound that is exciting to sit and listen to, but that sound even better live with people sharing that musical experience. ... read more
Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
55
Jesus, this is sooooooooooo generic. I mean, she sings well, yes, and the sound is well-produced and the musicians make their part...but the compositions are just so lackluster, harmless, plain boring. It's like, this is all surface. No substance, no power, no point at all. Not a single line, a fucking harmony, nothing. Everything it's just ble. Which is funny, I'm trying to remember artists that make this kind of soft indie music, but with ACTUALLY something going for them. The first album of ... read more
Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix
66
I remember listening to FLOSS some years ago and really enjoying, cause you know, some straight-up bangers on that album. Here they're on totally another approach, and I think it's good to see rappers making emotional, self-expressing rap music. You know, all the great genres and types of music are capable of creating those hymns, those songs that somehow speak and express some really singular and universal human experience. And recently I've been feeling that rap it's too much on its own lane, ... read more
Kanye West - Donda
65
I salute him for being such an honest and forward-thinking artist, but this is way beyong any real cohesive musical experience. It's just a bunch of beats - some of them pretty good, I might say - and a bunch of rappers bad rapping all over the place. I mean, seriously, when did rap become this? Nevermind. There's not much Kanye really RAPPING or, you know, doing his thing musically. SO many guests, so many songs, it's just SO focused on trending the next big thing on rap, on the music market, ... read more
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