Apparently Akon still makes music. Sadly, this feels less like a comeback and more like a late delivery from 2008.

This feels dated as hell. There are a couple of okay songs here, but so much of it sounds like it got trapped in a time capsule and only just got dug up. Akon can still coast on his voice and a bit of nostalgia, but that only gets you so far when the songs themselves are this basic.

Remixing a phone ringtone in 2026 is nasty work. The album really does have tracks called ... read more

Still not buying the Kehlani hype.

This is decent enough and there are definitely moments where it clicks, but nothing here really blew me away.

There is enough quality here to keep it afloat, and a few tracks do stand out, but as a full listen it never really rises above alright for me. Good in parts, but not much more than that.

FAVE TRACKS🔥: Folded, Lights On, Cruise Control
LEAST FAVE TRACKS❌: Pocket, Call Me Back

How do you go from But Here We Are; which I honestly think is their best; to this, which might be their worst.

I’ve seen Dave and the guys live and was kinda disappointed, and that is pretty much exactly how I feel about this album.

Thankfully, some of the tracks are actually okay. There are moments here where the energy wakes up and you remember why this band can still work. But a lot of it just does not hit for me. Some of these songs feel undercooked, some feel annoyingly samey, and ... read more

Yeah this is great.

I’ve only heard Busyhead before this, which I thought was good when I first heard it last year, but not at this level.

This is big heartfelt folk-pop songs, loads of emotional detail, and enough hooks to make a pretty long album still feel worth sticking with.

That said, I do think some of the lyrics circle the same themes a bit too much. The album is 17 tracks, and you can feel that at points there are moments where the emotional territory starts to blur together ... read more

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve given a new Ringo Starr album 59/100 in the past two years, I’d have $2. Which isn’t a lot, but it's weird it’s happened twice.

Much of this is pretty samey. Long Long Road is another short, country-leaning Ringo record made and while it has some guest names around it, a lot of the songs still feel very basic and do not really give you much to latch onto.

His voice is again surprisingly great for a man in his mid-80s, and ... read more

A Crow Looked at Me broke me and my heart into one million pieces.

I don’t really know how you’re meant to review something like this, because calling it “good” feels almost wrong. It barely feels like an album at points. It feels like grief recorded before it had time to become anything cleaner or easier to understand.

This album doesn’t dress anything up here. He just says these horrifyingly normal details out loud, and that’s what makes it so brutal. The ... read more

A couple of good tracks but ehhh.

For an album with a title this dramatic, it weirdly has less pulse than a Monday morning team meeting. ZAYN can obviously sing, so that was never gonna be the issue. The issue is that so much of this feels like it is relying on mood, gloss and vibes instead of actually giving me enough songs that sound good lol.

It sounds polished sure - but a lot of it just sort of floats past without leaving much behind. There are definitely a few moments where I was like ... read more

“Heartbeats” is one of my all time favourite songs, and made me love Jose's music years ago, and it is the reason I was always gonna check this out.

This is honestly the most 7/10 album ever. It is pretty good, not superb - kind of vibe. I would not say it has loads of huge moments, and it is not touching the level of “Heartbeats” for me, but there is still something very calming and quietly rewarding about it once you settle into its pace.

The more I sat with it, ... read more

“Push this button. No wait, push that button. Wait. Idk idk”.

There’s actually some great tracks on here, and Blue Mountains represent - as someone who grew up in the Mountains - I love to see them be successful.

This album really leans hard into that dancefloor vibe, pulling from techno, breaks, UK garage and rave. My problem is it gets repetitive pretty fast. A lot of the tracks feel like they’re operating on the same setting, so even when something is good, it ... read more

At times this is a little slow and a little samey, and I don’t think the lyrics always hit as hard as the music does. But with each listen, it actually gets better.

Matt’s vocals are as lovely as ever, and that is obviously a huge part of why this works, but the real strength for me is everything happening around them. There is really rich instrumentation on this - it’s so beautiful.

I would not call it one of those albums packed with massive standout writing, and there ... read more

This was my first Thundercat album, and I get the hype. It sounds pretty decent. Smooth, polished, and full of detail. There is so much talent all over it, and even the slower parts still have this cool, effortless feel to them.

That said, I do not think Thundercat is doing all the work here. The features CARRY a lot. Tame Impala, Mac Miller, A$AP Rocky, WILLOW, Lil Yachty, and Channel Tres all bring something extra, and a lot of the album’s best moments come from those guest ... read more

I get why critics are glazing this, but for me... idkkkkkkkk. It’sobviously well made, but I’m not hearing the untouchable masterpiece some critics seem to be acting like it is.

There’s definitely quality here. The synthpop sound is very polished, and the album has this emotionally detached coolness that is well done. But I just feel this is more of a “yeah this is decent” than “holy shit I need to play that again immediately.”

That’s kind of ... read more

Quite impressive actually. I didn't mind the EP of hers I heard back in 2024, but was hoping for something stronger in future. This album definitely is better, sharper, and way more confident, like she has properly figured out a way to make sad girl music hit without the whole thing dragging.

Lowkey I was getting Olivia Rodrigo vibes at points and I LOVE Olivia Rodrigo.

The best way I can put it, with Survivor currently eating my brain, is this feels like a player who looked promising in ... read more

The first track, actually had me thinking we might be onto something here. Then the album just falls asleep. Outside of that opener, this is such a dull, lifeless listen from a guy who still carries himself like he is untouchable. Snoop is obviously a legend, but legend status does not make boring music hit any harder. This just feels lazy, flat, and way too comfortable for someone on his 22nd solo album still trying to move like he is the coolest man in the room.

The voice is iconic, the ... read more

This feels like the kind of album someone makes after finding some kind of peace with God or spirituality on their own terms, not because religion was shoved down their throat. That is genuinely the main vibe I get from Porcelain. It’s Peach PRC’s debut album - an Aussie artist I’ve been keeping tabs on - and a lot of it leans into nature, whimsy and a softer kind of spirituality rather than anything heavy or bitter.

I actually really like how light, airy and sunshiny this ... read more

This is one of those albums where I can fully hear why people are gassing it up, while also feeling like the hype gets a tiny bit out of hand.

Because yeah, this is very good. It’s loud, messy, bratty and way more emotionally sharp than I expected in parts too. This album is absolutely chaos, and sometimes that really hits hard, and it shows you music that feels trashy in the best possible way.

At the same time, I do think this is a little overrated. The aesthetic is strong, the ... read more

There’s definitely some nice moments on this, but as a full album it just ends up being kind of whatever for me.

Swae sounds good and he’s obviously got a great ear for melodic stuff, but too much of this just floats by without really leaving much of an impact. It’s not bad, and I wouldn’t say I was bored the whole time, but a lot of the tracklist feels a bit samey and a few songs just do absolutely nothing for me.

The best songs here remind you why people have wanted ... read more

There are actually a lot of decent tracks on here. The problem is this thing is bloated as hell. ADL is a 21-track double album, and you can really feel it. There’s a solid project buried in here, but way too many songs could be tossed and nothing of value would be lost. 

That’s what holds it back for me. The highs are real, and I like that he’s trying to make this feel bigger and more ambitious, but it kills the momentum. By the time it’s over, it feels less like a ... read more

My favourite artist of all time is back. And unc still got it. Seriously.

After Vultures, Vultures 2, and the half-finished Donda 2 mess, this is the first time in a while where it actually feels like the GOAT is backkkk.

The production on here is insane🔥🔥. Like genuinely some of the best production I’ve heard in years. Beautiful samples everywhere, crazy layering, little details all over the place. Even when the lyrics are not top tier, there is usually still something sonically ... read more

More like all roads lead to the same beat.

This is not terrible, but it is painfully one-note. Central Cee still has that really unique voice. But way too much of this just blends together into the same moody, detached slog.

That is the problem really. He sounds fine the whole time, but not that inspired. The beats are fine and the flows are decent, but it rarely feels like anything is actually happening.

There are a couple tracks that cut through, but overall this is just a bit flat.

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