Emotional in a gentle and disarming way

These guys are ballers. This is a noisy indie rock album that hits its peaks when it's the heaviest, and is laced throughout with the occasional twangy guitar and hard-hitting piano accents that honestly hit crazy style. It's not experimental but it's competent and genuine and comes off like a love letter to the noise rock it resembles. The lead singer's vocals took a bit to get used to for me, but they and the band's lyricism are well thought out and sardonic. You can ... read more

After the slightly directionless Ghostholding, Dancing with your eyes closed is a return to confidence and a decisive statement from Jane Remover. The past few singles have seen her go in a rage direction and return to her hyperpop roots, and this song is more of that with a strong dance beat.

Dark Times is a despondent album. It's a far cry from his most sonically experimental, or the average amount of pomp and circumstance he brings to a song. The production is stripped down and atmospheric, with the occasional barking dog or analog radio sound effect over piano-heavy beats. At times, Vince raps and sings like he barely has the energy to get the words out of his mouth, like on Shame on the Devil or Nothing Matters. When he shows more strength, he still shies away from ... read more

I found Eem Triplin through Awkward Freestyle a while back and, unimpressed, immediately forgot about him.

I don't know if it's my taste changing, his music improving, or both, but he held my attention this time around. Eem has a great breathy singing voice that works well over his production, and when he raps he reminds me of Flo Milli on Ho, why is you here? with a bouncy flow and the ability to really hit a groove. It's not the most obvious comparison, but it's a ... read more

Absolutely iconic album. You can hear Death Grips's influence in so much of the left field rap scene today and for good reason. Year of the Snitch isn't particularly abrasive, leaning into a rap-rock sort of vibe for most of its tracks and featuring catchy hooks on songs like Streaky, but still innovates a decent amount.

smart motherfucker

First impressions are I fw this heavy, as always with Paris Texas. My least favorite is Tantrum, the first few verses just don't have any particular energy to them, but the next song Holy Spinal Fluid is the best out of the whole EP.

EDIT: NR -> 77

As the other review said the Jay-Z influence is obvious, and he's not pushing the envelope with his sound, but he comes through with infectiously optimistic and undeniably well-crafted boom bap.

Solid album that explores shoegaze, emo, and folktronica sounds with Jane Remover's distinctive little flair.

My biggest issue with this album is that every time Jane goes in a more indie direction she ends up sounding exactly like mk.gee. Mk.gee isn't a revolutionary by any means and has sonic similarities with the wider electronic-tinged indie scene, but it's almost an uncanny resemblance at times.

At its best though, the album's straightforward lyrics and ... read more

Movements succeeds at creating a vibe more than at executing a coherent artistic vision

Good-quality, classic-sounding old Brazillian laid back soul.

Thanks AladdinsCarpet for the rec!!

I listened to Grim Salvo's MILDRED last year and enjoyed it, and liked Grim Salvo member MOSSBACK's solo effort SKINWALKER SOCIAL CLUB even more.

This album is more of the same good vibes. Witchhouse 40k's inclusion brings it more into the trap side of trap metal. As a fan of both experimental music and rap I've cringed at so many bad verses over beautiful beats, but the worst I can say about anything on this album is that it's ... read more

One of these guys made Break from Toronto, and the other was millions of people's favorite rapper. Lord, how far we have fallen.

I don't normally put myself through albums I don't enjoy, but this had to be an exception. Even the peaks of this album, like the tail end of MOTH BALLS, are buried in a mountain of slop that doesn't hold a candle of either artist's best, and the lows are honestly stunning. The whole country of Canada deserves better. One of my friends is ... read more

Really enjoyable. I fell asleep to this album yesterday after listening to it a few songs at a time for the past few days. It's a low-energy contemplative experience with enough variation between the songs to keep things interesting.

You either get it or you don't

clairo's the only artist i remember deciding to never listen to just based on what I heard about her. something about the idea of a lo-fi "bedroom pop" singer's father being a successful marketing executive that helped her sign with a label seriously rubbed me the wrong way.

I ended up hearing Sexy to Someone last week and it really hit me right where it needed to. I decided to give the album a shot, and I'm really glad I did. The best thing about it by far is the ... read more

I can't get through it because of Kill Bill's voice and flow. The whole sentiment of making an anti-ai song is interesting, but the actual take presented is very milque toast- we've all had to have this conversation with people we kinda know, yeah pay artists!!!! do that!!!! fuck yeah!!!!!! However, Kill Bill comes across preachy and makes this song's lyrical content feel like painful small talk. At least the beat goes hard.

very solid

Scratches an itch in my brain