Superbloom by Jessie Ware leans into a more traditional sound compared to the first two entries in her disco trilogy. It may be less explosive and hype-driven, but it feels more dancefloor-oriented, groovy and funky.
Beyond that stylistic shift, Superbloom largely carries forward what made its predecessors work: it’s a deeply sensual, melodic, carefully crafted, and thoughtful collection of tracks that fits just about any setting.
Oh, and it's her freakiest so far. Definitely a sex ... read more

Yeah, my very high expectations for upcoming Olivia Rodrigo's album has just become even higher.
Man, she really wanna dive into art pop? That's just fucking incredible, and the first display of this new gimmick is just the perfect addiction to her already sensual and sophisticated style.

Incredible ambition and potential, and incredibly lazy implementation. Every amazing idea, sick beat, or profound monologue stops half-way through.
Still a move in a right direction. If Kanye puts some structure in his work (unlikely) and deletes X (impossible), we may actually get another top-tier album from him.

Man, this album feels just like MUSIC - a few undeniable bangers, real pieces of art with extreme energy and attention to little details, and just... fillers. Same as with the Carti's project, ADL was hyped like it's the second coming of Christ. And it wasn't really worth the hype and the wait as well. Unambitious and even lazy project with a couple of high highs.

Denzel Curry is on his classic souther rap run. And I think that Strictly 4 the Scythe is superior to King of Mischevious South mostly. It's a bunch of energetic, high-paced, earworm club-oriented tracks, pretty much classic Southern hip-hop through and through. Some of them are a bit forgettable (like TAN - meh), others are undeniable bangers (MUTT THAT BIH is fucking tooth-breaking), but overall it’s a very light, high-energy mixtape.
Almost all of the guests show up and deliver: ... read more

Nothing's About to Happen may not be a groundbreaking release from a purely musical standpoint, but conceptually it stands as a near-perfect embodiment of melancholy. “Romanticized depression” could easily serve as the project’s subtitle due to richly metaphorical, double-layered lyricism paired with a deeply sensual vocal performance.
Themes of self-sacrifice and self-reproach, flirt with death as if it were a lover, and those sharp, timely metaphors all work together to ... read more

Hear me out - is hemlocke springs already one of the best lyricists of our time? I genuinely can’t think of another artist who combines such refined, expressive vocabulary with this kind of ease and fluidity in their writing. Her command of language is just stunning, a fucking masterpiece. At the same time, her music sounds so progressive and contemporary that it almost creates a dissonance, like how can a lyrical style that reaches to such literary elegance and artistic sophistication ... read more

It feels to me like Baby Keem has somewhat lost a clear sense of direction in shaping his musical identity. Die for My Bitch was an impressive, melody-driven trap showcase. The Melodic Blue, on the other hand, was mostly an attempt to step into the shadow of his older cousin, Kendrick Lamar. But Ca$ino feels oddly shapeless and hard to pin down. Hykeem appears caught between two lanes, trying to reconcile his original, eccentric trap persona with the weighty expectations of being seen as ... read more

Icon is partly inspired by the sonic aesthetics of the ’80s, which makes us make the obvious parallels to The Weeknd’s second trilogy. However, the album’s strongest tracks hardly lean in this idea, being instead more traditional for Brent contemporary R&B style packed with uncoventional rhyme schemes and lyrics about messy love-hate relationships.
Huge shout-out to everyone involved in the album’s production. The lush, textured, and genuinely smooth beats are easily ... read more

Piss In The Wind is Joji's lowest effort in terms of challenging both the artist and the listener, little to no concept, no evolution of character and pretty predictable soundscape.
But you know what... it's still an enjoyable album. The focus on short musical études that privilege the harmony of vocal and melody over dense thematic depth actually works in most cases. Maybe George's fans expected more from this album considering the long wait, but for me as a casual ... read more

There's one thing I've always loved about J. Cole the most: he knows how to reach the listener in a way that feels deeply personal, like you’ve known him as a close friend for years. He’s one of the most "relatable" rappers of all time, if that’s the right word. And for that, you can forgive him his occasional corny lines and the fact that his music doesn’t “challenge” the listener the way Kendrick’s does, for example.

I grew up in ... read more

Ok this trio is so random ain't no way this will work right?

Right?...

Why, just why couldn’t the entire album have been like its final third? Don't Be Dumb feels so… faceless for most of its duration. How could an artist who arguably shaped the very landscape of 2010s hip-hop the most not channel his unique charisma and isense of style into every single track? The majority of this album feels like some Lil Baby/Polo G generic and boring music and then it hits you like a hammer with masterpieces like Punk Rocky or the title track. This album is ... read more

This one isn't as good as Punk Rocky, I'm beginning to suspect that DBD will be hell of a rollercoaster of an album.

My first dose of stereo drugs in 7 years, sober period is oficially over!

BEATLES MOVE OVER

This album causes guitars to have unrealistic expectations about playing rock music.

A complete, universal and evelasting audioguide to electronic music.

The Latin Björk isn’t what we thought we wanted, but she’s exactly what we needed. Man I'm so glad that Rosalia finally managed to not only catch up to her idol, but even surpassed her in some aspects, proving to everyone that classical music isn’t dead, it simply needs to sound the way Lux makes it sound. This album may not be strictly symphonic, nor does it reach the conceptual depth or authenticity of Homogenic or Vespertine, but it is far more passionate, ... read more

What an amazing year for UK music. Little Simz, Jim Legxacy, Rochelle Jordan, Twigs and many-many other incredible performances in 2025, and now Dave, arguably the biggest UK rapper right now brings this impressive run to its culmination.
I'm turning 27 myself this year and I can hardly put into words how precisely The Boy Who Played The Harp captures the thoughts and emotions I’m living through right now. That constant sense of urgency, the struggle to resolve inner conflicts, the ... read more