La Venticinquesima Ora

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Thirteen years of silence broken by anonymous VHS tapes sent through the post, Morse code on a reactivated website, and a promotional campaign hijacked — without authorisation — by the White House. The Boards of Canada were never going to come back quietly, and they didn't. «Inferno» — the fifth and final album under their contract with Warp — doesn't overturn the formula: lo-fi analogue synths, downtempo rhythms, manipulated vocal samples, ... read more

Cola's third album, «Cost Of Living Adjustment», finds the Montréal post-punk trio — Tim Darcy, Ben Stidworthy, and Evan Cartwright, alumni of the much-missed Ought — settling into a sound that is unmistakably their own. Self-produced with a deliberate lo-fi grain, C.O.L.A. is part acronym, part manifesto: socialism versus hell, anxiety as groove, loss rendered in oblique imagery. Darcy lost his home in the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, and the album carries ... read more

If this isn't neo-jazz, then every other project I've come across to this day isn't either. Sophisticated, it blends trip-hop with orchestral arrangements, ambient sounds, and sinuous, warm vocals. A triumph of smooth, yet never cheesy vibes. What they do here is take the luxury of letting the tracks unroll over five or six minutes, letting the synths melt along the way.

OUR METRIC:

1-49: So Bad
50-69: If U have time...
70-79: Recommended
80-100: Highly Recommended

On June 4, 2026, Metallica played Bologna. The city filled with black t-shirts, overpriced beers, and collective nostalgia. I stayed away — the only time I saw them was in '88 at the Palatrussardi in Milan — with the same resolve you use to avoid running into an ex. Not snobbery: respect. So instead of buying a ticket, I put on the right record.
«…And Justice for All» (1988) is Metallica's fourth album and the first without Cliff Burton, killed in a tour ... read more