Quite a good Brazilian Pop album that's mostly defined by some great atmosphere and pleasantly smooth vocals

The Hardcore elements are really good in their own right, but then the addition of Dream Pop elements really turns "GLOW ON" into a kind of album I really haven't heard before. The two seemingly incompatible sounds marry in a really perfect way; pair that with some great instrument playing and Turnstile has just about fully won me over

While not the biggest country fan, I actually enjoyed a lot of Zach Bryan's self-titled album. The songwriting feels heartfelt and sincere, with a really interesting singing voice to compliment them. I was quite surprised by the instrumental depth too. One might expect a sort of acoustic guy with a guitar sound, but the percussion and brass adds a whole lot to a song like "Overtime" or "Jake's Piano."

My main problem with Americana and a lot of Country music in ... read more

It's awesome! The use of organ sounds pretty great, and the melodies are super smooth yet still engaging listening. Nothing gives me a greater sense of moral superiority than saying that I listen to obscure Funk records

The idea of creating a sort of "double" album in the context of SABLE, fABLE is interesting. I put double in quotations because SABLE is just an EP, so it's more of a 1.5 album. Thematically, it's quite clear what Justin Vernon was going for. SABLE is darker both in sound and most certainly in lyrical content. This contrasts itself with the bulk of the album: fABLE, which is the happiest that Bon Iver has ever sounded. The cover reflects this, with the black square of SABLE ... read more

Initially, I was a little disappointed that the pace slowed down significantly after the first couple of songs, but the album takes that extra time to really stretch out those more emotional beats quite well

Similar in some ways to the Gregory and the Hawk album I've been enjoying recently. A fantastic little piece of Indie Folk with some nice minimal rock elements to lift some of the songs. The songwriting is pretty good, even on a cursory first listen, and I did a little Leonardo DiCaprio point at the tv whistle when I recognized The Bug Collector guitar riff

All those synthy bleeps and bloops? That was actually the alien robot guy on the cover he just made those

Was a bit worried at the beginning that "Last Splash" would be another somewhat run-of-the-mill 90's Alt Rock album, but there were a decent enough bit of interesting choices made to keep Last Splash fresh just like that juicy lookin' cover. It doesn't surprise me that Kim Deal was a part of this band as I can definitely hear her vocals, as well as some other small sonic similarities with The Pixies

Had this actually been properly finished, I probably would have enjoyed this album a lot more. Even still, the grooves are very catchy. I see the sort of M.I.A-esque eastern flair to a couple of the songs, but the sound definitely wasn't as prevalent as I thought it would be. Had that been explored on the album more, it could have given it a more unique sound, but Jai Paul already crafted a more than unique-sounding electronic album brought down by its rough sounding nature

Not as much of a hitter for me as his earlier "Decide" album. Is it kinda just The New Abnormal by The Strokes at points? just slightly. It isn't super inspired of an album, but I like most of the songs well enough.

every one of the fairly few elements of the album are maximized to their full potential. The writing is pretty great, and the guitar work can be quite stunning at times

absolutely INSANE production, but I was also somewhat pleasantly surprised with the depth in some of the lyrical themes. While the singles definitely grew on me, the album introduces some great new songs that I took to immediately; Pyschoboost, Experimental Skin, and Professional Vengeance at the top of that list

We might have caught a minor case of "being so back" here. The best way to approach BCNR's new music is honestly probably just to completely divorce it from their older stuff. Doing so, you get some truly rewarding and whimsical results.

The songwriting might be the least sharp in their catalog, but the highs of a song like Two Horses or Happy Birthday still land quite well. My one major complaint is that for some reason, the music does this weird thing where they follow the ... read more

"Curtis" really takes you on a beautifully soulful ride. Joy radiates off of the instrumental performances so effortlessly, with a nice message at it's core

A shame that this album will probably miss out on that purple star because really, it isn't any less moving or touching as his other albums I've heard

It might not be a Loveless or Souvlaki, but a really solid Shoegaze album that brings out all the stops you'd expect from a quality entry into the genre

Another great Funk record from possibly one of the greatest and most certainly one of the most underrated Funk and Soul acts to perform

Kind of transcends description or meaning or much of any tangible labelling. I started the album skeptical, somewhat rolling my eyes at another "so bizarre quirky Sound Collage isn't it so weeeird" type album, but the pieces fit together quite quickly

In my mind, Talking Heads best album. It's so groovy and quirky and weird and truly just utterly unique. The final leg of one of the most insane album runs of all time which, to me, solidifies the group as one of the best of all time. For all the sounds and ideas packed into "Speaking in Tongues," none of it feels out of place or unnecessary