Here's the thing... it does sound PRETTY good, but it also just feels almost wholly inauthentic. this album feels like a distillation of all the trends of popular music right now, with none of the thoughtfulness or intent. An easy to listen to and enjoy album, but sort of devoid of much of any substance

A creative album with a lightly chaotic, sort of lo-fi carnival aesthetic to it. Not mind blowing upon initial listen, but I'm pretty sure this guy also wrote the Half-Life games so THATS cool

While the production from Jack Antonoff is slick and surprisingly punchy at times, Midnights reveals some of the major strengths and flaws of Taylor as a writer. She writes VERY directly which benefits greatly in regards to painting a specific picture, but lacks almost any nuance or subtext to really glue to

There's much to be said in relation to this album regarding cultural appropriation or exploitation, but I'm not nearly familiar enough with the circumstances surrounding this album to have any opinion on that.

What I can say is that this album is incredibly forward-thinking and thoroughly enjoyable. The mix of genres both African and North American create a fresh listening experience that contrasts quite starkly with the earlier Simon and Garfunkel output

Apparently 2009 was the year of music that sounds like this, because this album is somewhat reminiscent in terms of dreamy, Indietronica vibes present on Phantogram's debut "Eyelid Movies" album this same year.

While Phantogram uses electronics and sampling to create lively and full sounding songs, The xx is far more minimalist and, frankly, far less interesting. I mean no hate to the singers, but I really just don't like either of their voices on this album very much, to ... read more

From a personal standpoint, the combination of Club and Experimental is perfect for me. Realistically, this album isnt doing anything super new or exciting, but it doesn't need to. It's a refreshing take on the EDM/Pop Mashup

While her output of two lengthy albums in 2020 is respectable, I'm not as big of a fan of evermore as I am folklore. evermore feels less thoughtful and intricately constructed in comparison to folklore. It's still occasionally on par in terms of production and songwriting, but ends up feeling a bit more basic more times than not

One of the most beautiful things I've heard this year. The highs absolutely blew me away, and the slower, more somber moments stuck like a knife. It's a shame I can't listen along with the Spanish lyrics, but I'm glad I could experience this album at all

Never in history since Biggie has a fat rapper had this much aura

Really excellent, bringing in WAY too many different genres to name and executing all of them with ease

Had no idea about this guy or his debut mixtape until it got popular on this site, but it is HARD hard. Perfect length, exciting beats, good rapping, and bri'ish

A short and sparse EP, comprised just about entirely of a guitar and vocals. There were quite a few bits of creative guitar playing that made the tracks a bit more interesting, and the lyrics were simple yet decently effective

Everyone's favourite t-shirt brand ALSO made music apparently, and it's really great. The songs are blisteringly short, fitting for such blazingly intense and blood-pumping punk anthems

I was actually enjoying this album a decent bit for the first half. I was ready to call it overhated, but the second half really slogged. Nicki is weird. She's a theatre kid who loves to do quirky voices and try out odd concepts in her songs. I think there's a lot of out-there and enjoyable elements to some of these songs that really work for me. Roman Holiday is a lot of fun, and I kind of respect the bizarre beat choices in a song like Come on a Cone.

Once Starships occurs, the ... read more

A pretty wild and inventive beast of a Disco song (even if it's a stretch to say this is only one big song). Hearing the instrumental to Someone Great was like when they teased the Avengers in Iron Man

Found this trying to relisten to the actual Since I Left You, but this is almost as good

There's some good elements for sure and its still decently experimental for a different take on Rocky's style, but I don't think enough was done to keep it consistently interesting. More repetitive beat choices and some unneeded features were the biggest downfalls of TESTING, an otherwise ambitious and creative direction

In a music landscape currently a bit saturated with underwhelming dancey Glitch music, this album reminds me of the quality still possible in the genre.

It definitely does feel like a bit of an afterparty to the main event of "EUSEXUA," but the party hasn't fully winded down. It may feel a bit less essential in comparison, but still packs a lot to like

If you can consider it as the end to a trilogy, it could very probably go down as among the best trilogies in Hip Hop. Across this album and two other projects, A$AP delivered quality, consistency, atmosphere, and catchiness like very few have done as successfully

First time ive heard a Brazilian artist use the "BRASIL!" sound. Absolutely dope, though. Captures a pretty wide range of vibes and emotion from smooth ballads to pulsing Hip Hop tracks and all without me even being able to understand the lyrics