I’ve been fairly consistent with this opinion for a while now, but for those who haven’t heard it before:

Black Thought is the GOAT rapper.

For those who don’t know of this legend, please, do yourself and educate yourself. A veteran of the game, Black Thought began his career in the early 90’s as a member of The Roots. Throughout the decades and as recently as 2011’s classic ‘undun’, The Roots have produced lyrical and conceptual masterpieces, in ... read more

While many musical acts may be measured on how many years it takes in between each album, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are rather judged on how many albums the release PER year. Multiple Gizz records per year is not just a wish at this point, it’s the expectation.

Alright, here’s the only time where I’ll type out the entire title… ‘PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless ... read more

‘That! Feels Good!’ is the fifth studio album from dance-pop queen Jessie Ware. While Ware had seen success before, 2020’s ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’ served as a career defining entry into disco, a sound that she’s carried over into this record.

The self-titled That! Feels Good! opens the track list and sets a strong tone for the type of music we’ll see throughout the rest of this album, which is upbeat, sensual, and enough to make you lose yourself ... read more

‘MID AIR’ is the debut album from Los Angeles based rap rock group Paris Texas. Founded in 2018, the pair of Louie Pastel and Felix didn’t fully emerge onto the scene until 2021 with their debut mixtape ‘BOY ANONYMOUS’. Just a few years later, Paris Texas released their debut album, an impressive conglomerate of genres and experiments.

This album is certainly a bold and ambitious mixing of genres. Rap rock is something I wouldn’t have expected to like, in ... read more

99 Neighbors is an interesting seven man rap group I discovered last year, and just tonight came across their music again. Coming out of Burlington, Vermont, ‘Wherever You’re Going I Hope It’s Great’ is the groups second studio album, after 2019’s ‘Television’. It’s pretty easy to compare them to other more prominent rap groups of recent (looking at you Brockhampton), but do they do anything as of yet to stand out?

This is a fairly versatile ... read more

I originally wasn't sure if I wanted to give this a proper rating and review. After all, it's just 'Dark Side of the Moon', right? But I have to say, I have some pretty strong feelings about it.

Roger Waters is a former bassist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the legendary rock group Pink Floyd. Due to some tensions and disagreements back in the early 80's, Waters departed from the band and began a solo career, which netted him some moderate success (certainly never to the level of Pink ... read more

This album has been on my radar since its technical release back in August, but I wasn't particularly interested in seeking out where to find it on a platform that I'm not familiar with. Maybe I'll check out the original at some point before the end of the year to hear some of the songs that didn't make it onto this release, but for all intents and purposes, I'm considering this as the official release.

Earl Sweatshirt is a veteran in the hip hop community at this point, amassing a pretty ... read more

New 100 unlocked. This may be Sufjan Stevens' best album.

'Javelin' is Sufjan Stevens' first return to his soft stripped back singer-songwriter nature since 2015's 'Carrie & Lowell'. Whereas that album tells a gut-wrenching and tear-jerking story of his mother and her passing in 2012, 'Javelin' follows much of a similar emotive experience. While both are laden with grief, 'Javelin's grief is of losing a relationship and the many stages of emotion that follow.

The level of intimacy that ... read more

Drake is one of the biggest artists in the world, that's without question. But, genuine question, what has Drake put out music-wise over the last five years that justifies his success? I'm not talking about charts or streams, sales or numbers. But actual quality. Is there any quality that he's made in the last five years that even remotely resembles a top artist in music? For me, it's a pretty easy no.

'For All The Dogs' is Aubry Drake Graham's eighth solo studio album, and to see he's bold on ... read more

Sorry to say that AnCo must not be my cup of tea :(

Animal Collective is a psychedelic pop band out of Baltimore, Maryland that has produced multiple classic and boundary pushing albums since the turn of the century. While, outside of this new record, the only album I've heard up to this point is 2009's 'Merriweather Post Pavilion', I certainly can recognize and understand their importance and their influence across this site and the music industry.

Buuuuut unfortunately that switch hasn't ... read more

Okay Brad I’m listening to it

Edit: Wtf, yeah, that was wild. If you enjoyed the new Sprain album, you’ll love this track

A review for this masterpiece is long overdue. Model/Actriz's 'Dogsbody' is one of the most remarkable records of the year, and one that I continue to return to time and time again.

Model/Actriz is a Boston post-punk band founded by drummer Ruben Radlauer and guitarist Jack Wetmore in 2015 at Berklee College of Music, and later invited vocalist Cole Haden and bassist Aaron Shapiro to complete their quartet.

Their debut LP here, 'Dogsbody', is a thrilling and emotionally taxing journey, ... read more

An underrated, up-and-coming act that unfortunately doesn't leave much of a mark.

Del Water Gap is a solo project from former NYU student Samuel Holden Jaffe and has been making steady progress for a few years now, especially post-pandemic. He's a former collaborator with Maggie Rogers, who was a member of Del Water Gap back in their days at NYU, before Jaffe took the project as a solo project.

'I Miss You Already + I Haven't Left Yet' is Jaffe's sophomore album following the self titled 'Del ... read more

Fun fact about me: I'm Type 1 Diabetic. Diagnosed in 2017 when I was 16 years old (I'm 22 now).

billy woods and ELUCID make up the rap duo Armand Hammer, now pioneering the underground and experimental hip-hop genre for a decade. billy woods (stylized with lowercase) stands as one of the final pillars in the way of my complete enjoyment of experimental hip-hop music. JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown, Injury Reserve, clipping.; I've come around to love each and every one of these oddball hip-hop acts, ... read more

If this is supposed to be "Tha Fix", then consider me still starving.

Though, I can't say I have an appetite for anything else remotely like this, Wayne. I'd like to preface this by saying Lil Wayne is 41 years old. FOURTY ONE. The lyrical content heavily referenced on this mixtape is something I would seriously have a hard time digesting from any rapper, let alone one born at the beginning of the Reagan administration.

Kat Food was the lone single for this mixtape, and it standing ... read more

We’re about to get Winter, Spring, and Summer variations, mf think he Weezer

Yeah it's me, AOTY's Ed Sheeran defender. Though, is that self-established title even fair? I mean, I certainly recognize he's put out quite a bit of slop over the last few years, but I think I more than most people see a decent amount of great music in Eddie's discography, even if it may be bogged down by pop cliches and eye-rolling and forgettable lyrics.

There was a part of me that actually had quite a bit ... read more

Briston Maroney is a 25-year-old indie singer-songwriter that I'm really happy to have been turned onto recently. While his 2018 EP 'Carnival' along with a few singles here and there is all I've been exposed to up to this point, I still was definitely anticipating hearing his heartfelt indie anthems on his new sophomore record, 'Ultrapure'.

Briston was, oddly enough, a semi-finalist on American Idol all the way back in 2013-2014 (if that means anything to anyone anymore) at only the age of 15. ... read more

Scattered, to a fault. Teezo I’m a fan, I promise, but what happened here? I can see the creativity, but this was, in a way, an uncomfortable listen.

“This isn’t real” … was my genuine first reaction to hearing this album. A vocal jazz album, something so, *ahem* bewitching, was so far off my radar, I haven’t felt this caught off guard in a while. Sometimes when I hear an album I love, it’s so difficult to put into words what it is that I love. “Why does this beautiful sounding music make me feel the way I feel?” is a harder question to answer than it may same. The opposite tends to be the ... read more

Me and my friend in the mall photo booth:

“It’s about control, or lack thereof.”

This opening line on the first track Man Proposes, God Disposes feels like an apt summary of this harrowing record. Sprain, an experimental and noise rock group out of Los Angeles, released their sophomore album ‘The Lamb as Effigy’, a painful and twisted 96 minutes of noise and overwhelming guilt.

Alex Kent, lead vocalist for the band, showcases an incredibly wide range despite the ... read more