In the midst of a pandemic that left FKA twigs and millions of others isolated from their friends,
family, and the rest of the world, solace had to be found. CAPRISONGS is a mixtape that was
made nearly entirely through FaceTime calls and pure passion for artistry, and it's shown
through raw authenticity and energy that ooze from within every track on this record.

Although it ditches the more melodramatic themes of her previous release and marks a
substantial shift towards the mainstream, FKA ... read more

Unknown Mortal Orchestra is a band from Portland with roots from New Zealand. The group
is guided by multi-instrumentalist Ruban Nielson. II is their second album released back in
February 2013. A melodic record that brings rock’n’roll’s exaggerated myths to life.
Such a glazed album doesn’t lose it’s focus through the whole record. Most of the tunes are
tight. Songs like No Need for a Leader or Faded in the Morning are driven by catchy guitar ... read more

“It seems like things are wider on the bottom and more narrow on the top so they could fall off.”

Scrapping a 19-track album because of the pandemic Earl Sweatshirt, announced another album, the fourth in his career, titled “Sick!“. Now Thebe Neruda Kgositsile’s follow-up to “Feet Of Clay” is here. What was widely accepted as “Some Rap Songs” throwaways, left many fans disappointed and worried. On November 18, 2021, Thebe returned with a ... read more

After dropping three projects in 2020, Bladee only released one project in 2021. It’s not a big deal, though, because the one project is The Fool, perhaps the finest album that the Swede has produced. It isn’t as bombastic as Good Luck, as experimental as EXETER, as rejuvenating as 333, but it doesn’t have to be. Instead, it is a perfect blend of the three.

The Fool is like a standing ovation for Bladee after his colossal 2020. It’s a celebration of all that he has ... read more

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine is the go-to album for Shoegaze albums. It was rumored that a quarter-million pound was spent for recording, mixing and the studio sessions. And that money was worth every pound. So what makes Loveless such a good album? Let's jump right into the review!

Only Shallow may be the best album opener of all time. Yes, you’ve read that right the best of all time. Why? This song starts so energetically and with in-your-face energy, it remains unmatched for the ... read more

After dropping his debut album I Have a Hidden Hobby, the underground UK rapper Montener the Menace dropped his second project Anyone Home? Just like his former album this album is a feature-heavy one. Overall it has 17 features split up over 14 different tracks.

The album starts with Intro, a short but powerful and effective way to draw attention to the spinning samples on the track. Throughout the album, you can actually almost hear every time the soulful, even jazzy samples A Tribe Called ... read more

"Blowout Comb" is the second and last studio album of the American Hip-Hop trio Digable Planets consisting of Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler, Mariana "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira and Craig "Doodlebug" Irving. Commercially this masterpiece was perceived with rather disappointing numbers especially when compared to their debut album "Reachin (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)" which should be meet with some kind of disagreement as their second project is ... read more

After a hiatus that lasted for more than 2 years and a solo album from every member, Migos finally released their highly anticipated album, Culture III, adding up a third album to their Culture series that made them one of the most famous rap groups of our current time. Their Culture I album is regarded by many fans as one of the best Trap albums of all time. Culture II was a disappointment for many fans because one of the reasons was that it was way too long. Then the Migos members released 3 ... read more

After being highly anticipated by fans of the TLOP 4 project, which was released two years earlier Pi‘erre Bourne comes back with his TLOP 5 project. At the first sight, Pi‘erre may get stamped off as the producer behind Magnolia on the self-titled Playboi Carti project. But Pi‘erre is more ambitious. He doesn‘t want to restrict himself from being just a producer, just like Kanye West he tries to deliver bars on his spacey and cloudy beats on his own mixtapes.

The ... read more

First off R.I.P. Pop Smoke. This is the second posthumous album by rapper Pop Smoke, a New York rapper that started gaining buzz back in late 2019 but was sadly gunned down by 4 hooded goons in Hollywood hills in 19.02.2020. His Meet The Woo series was met with a lot of acclaim by his fans, and Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon, which was his first posthumous album, was also met with a lot of positive reviews, but Faith was a little bit different. A lot of people did not enjoy this record ... read more

For her fourth album, WILLOW delivers an 11-track playlist of the tensed-up energy of lockdown.

She‘s killed off her 2019 psychedelic soul identity and returned as an emo-pop star, moving away from her reduced sounds and inviting us to live out our ‘00s fantasies, complete with an Avril Lavigne guest on the song „G R O W“. After all, nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

WILLOW may appear to be following in the footsteps of Olivia Rodrigo, a popular teen actress and singer ... read more

One of the most remarkable moves in this year’s music. On their previous albums, the Californians combined black metal with post-rock and shoegaze, which not only earned them the label black-gaze, but also a loyal fanbase that continuously found joy in the band’s complex arrangements: hard, harder, super-soft. With vocalist George Clarke screaming his life frustrations off, along with intense blast-beats. It has been three years since the band released their last record Ordinary ... read more

Turkey has a rich songwriting tradition. Lots of folk songs have been covered many times by different artists. One of the artists who stand out is Selda Bağcan. Her self-titled debut album released in 1976 when Anatolian rock was at its peak was the start of a remarkable career. The songs featured on the album are mostly politically motivated protest songs that Selda is so famous for. They display a great deal of energy, discontent, and a sense of justice. One song that particularly stands out ... read more

Following all the hype after his album Psychodrama, Dave had one thing to do, prove that he wants to stay here. The now 23-year-old rapper has now 4 projects under his belt, two of them being his EPs.

So what should you expect from his newest effort on We’re All Alone In This Together, a perfect title for a situation we are currently in? Dave shows progression as a songwriter and delivers hard-hitting songs tackling themes such as relationship, depression, black racism, and injustices. ... read more

Going into this Japanese Breakfast album with no beforehand experience, you will get a very well-crafted pop album that possibly leaves you feeling pleasant and comfortable after listening to it.

Michelle Zauner is an indie rock-pop artist, more commonly known as Japanese Breakfast. Although she did almost everything on Jubilee herself, some coproduction and some instruments were made by certain artists. While it deals with common problems, the songwriting is excellent from start to finish. ... read more

Ethereal Shroud is an artist very little is known about. In fact, there isn’t even an English Wikipedia page about the musician. However, what is known about the project is that it is a one-man black metal and funeral doom project done by Jow Hawker. But even with little knowledge about the man behind the project Ethereal Shroud could make a name in the music community. On the 3rd of December Jow released a statement on Facebook saying that this will be the last Ethereal Shroud project. ... read more

“Promises” is the collaborative effort from electronic musician Floating Points, jazz legend Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra. Recorded 2019 and 2020 the album consists of a single musical composition written by Sam Shepherd (Floating Points), which is divided into 9 tracks each a different movement. The total length of the projects amounts to 46 minutes.

“Promises” is one of the smoothest collaboration efforts from the last years. Both Sanders and ... read more

While not many mainstream rappers this year have dropped, Vince Staples took this chance and announced his self-titled album. But the fourth Vince Staples album sees a small and very short output from the Compton rapper. With a short runtime of only 22 minutes and 10 tracks, it leaves for an average of 2.2 minutes per track. Two of them being skits. For almost most of the fans, this was a huge disappointment, needing to wait 3 years only to leave us this short project.

While short runtime ... read more

Livin' off borrowed time, the clock tick faster is the first line you hear from MF DOOM on Madvillainy. Madvillain the duo which consisted of Otis Jackson Jr (Madlib & Quasimoto) and Daniel Dumile (MF DOOM), was not only reinventing at the time but also switch-up from the pace of hip-hop. When the news came out that Dumile died (31. October 2020) right before the new year 2021, the music industry lost one of the most important artists. Jump into the journey of Madvillainy.

Madvillainy got ... read more

LUMP is the collaboration project between Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay. These two already released an album in 2018 under the self-titled name LUMP. But Laura Marling has been creating music for a long time. Her first album Alas, I Cannot Swim was released in the year 2008. But the real buzz came lately with her latest effort in 2020 with the album Song For Our Daughter, an introspective folky project. Now they teamed up again for the album Animal.

Animal is a poppier album than most of ... read more