New, unfiltered DIY manipulations with EDM invite you to pull the mood despite the sadness. Can I refuse the underscores today? No, and I think not in the near future.
U's work goes through a lot of different manipulations, it's electroclash, pop, and of course a relaxed desire to turn on the repit. And you'll be pushed onto the dance floor in a nightclub sooner than you'll have time to turn off the laser-shooting guns. "Am I in your playlist?" Asks and leaves no ... read more
We can observe a clear influence of Dijon on this album, but these short improvisations are still fixed by WILLOW
The warmest and most upcoming family life of Dijon is a grand album after which you begin to understand your parents more and move forward consciously but not be afraid of the mistakes that make us human. Hooks and loops here are like a film that managed to be saved to view/listen to all 100 on repeat!
Her second album is a captivating new take on soul and R&B. The jazz arrangements sweep you away with powerful waves from the very first seconds, and it is perhaps the first R&B album in a long time that has moved me this deeply.
ORIGINAL NEW MUSIC ↗️
ROSALÍA, Björk, Yves Tumor - Berghain: A mass on the ruins in three acts.
ORIGINAL NEW TRACK.
Rosalía has turned techno into liturgy. “Berghain” begins like a mass: choir, organ, icy German — “Seine Angst ist meine Angst.” But there is no peace in this prayer, only sacred anxiety. Her voice sounds like a flame in a cathedral where the candles are replaced by strobe lights.
In the second verse she sings in Spanish: “Solo soy un ... read more
If Ellen Rowsell sang over Electric Light Orchestra in George Harrison’s living room, it would sound exactly like this record.
Listening to the album again two years after its release, I keep thinking about how magical, intimate, and cinematic Mitski sounds. Perhaps this will be her last full-length, but even if not, this folk-like reflection on everything you build brick by brick feels like the most impressive work in her discography.
Mitski has never sounded so serene. This album is not just a collection of her most fragile, heart-piercing dreams and confessions, but the culmination of her career. She brings in a ... read more
I love her from the Fountain Baby album. I could give this album all 10 because I can finish it right now, but I’m interested in how her work will develop further. But objectively this is shaking for twinks, the best music for sex. Do you believe in love off the drugs?
The debut album by Chuquimamani-Condori and Joshua Chuquimia Crampton is fractured time, massive rhythms, and a density of texture powerful enough to celebrate even a volcanic eruption.
Time has neither object, nor feelings, nor sensations. On their scorching and at times terrifying debut, they do not recover any kind of loss — they simply sat, writing music. When the hand of the clock struck their hour, they did not explode but instead broke what once seemed impossible, and now it can ... read more
Lykke Li’s third album unravels as a work where every sound, every melodic turn, and every flicker of lyric feels like the physical echo of loss. The arrangements are stripped to a muted palette, leaving her voice exposed and fragile, with silence itself carrying as much weight as the notes. There’s a deliberate refusal of excess—no ornamental flourishes, no bursts of momentum—just a sustained immersion in a single mood: slow-moving, heavy, and quietly luminous ... read more
American experimentalist Mike Hadreas has never sounded so sophisticated and daring; everything that comes his way to fame continues to fuel his passions, dreams and goals.
GREAT NEW MUSIC
Nothing compares right now to these fierce vocal loops and the grimy density of the synths. A celebrated cover artist could’ve looped five simple notes and told us how badly she wanted to go back. NO! Instead, she opens her blockbuster album with touches of shoegaze drama and an explosive whirlwind of synths. On “NICE TRY” she says, “It’s a little sweet you think I’d bite / But I don’t have the time or appetite,” followed by the ... read more
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В отличие от предыдущих релизов, на новом альбоме белорусская рэп-звезда обращается к гиперлокальным сюжетам и бытовым ситуациям, обрамляя их в узнаваемую поп-драматургию с явным уклоном в эстетику западных альбомов.
What can a girl really say after two albums? Allie X takes a quiet pause, surprisingly, during the COVID-19 lockdown and begins to write exactly what her heart and soul truly want. This is futuristic pop about liberation and uncertainty, sounding at times like Magdalena Bay, Depeche Mode, or Lady Gaga. The nostalgic samples don’t rush to pull you in. Instead, they move slowly, patiently. She sings without haste, letting her phrases and intonations glue every beat together. Each word ... read more
The California rapper’s 9th studio album rips open his past alter egos with more fury and energy than ever before.
GREAT NEW MUSIC 🆒
Barely a year has passed since the confessional CHROMOKOPIA, and instead of building anticipation, Tyler drops a surprise announcement just days ahead and releases the album on a Monday morning. It kicks off like a vulgar, hilarious tornado of synthesizers. “I don’t consent, I don’t give fucks / You on my dick, nigga, get up” ... read more
“I use hands” begins the track and ends with “To fists of fury”. Saxophonist Kamasi's cosmic and multi-layered arrangements from the jazz tradition, filtered through an Afrofuturist lens, create a sense of spiritual uplift, a whirlwind of historical memory, and a space where sound becomes a form of resistance.
Diverse, vulnerable and contrasting, Kanye West's album shows the other, positive side of him as a writer and reminds how easy it is to lose even seemingly indestructible resilience.
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