OneSpaltReview

"Don't be a bitch,
The man's got kids
And they wouldn't like this"

She's a genius.

Dismissing Samia’s latest album Bloodless after just 20 seconds, as I did when it was released this spring, was a big mistake. Bloodless is the Los Angeles singer’s third album, and it sounds like a fusion of the best moments from her previous two.

We’re treated to melodic summer pop (“Lizard”), Americana-tinged indie folk (“Bovine Excision”, “Hole In a Frame”), acoustic singer-songwriter ballads (“Fair Game”), and dramatic art ... read more

"Maybe music just isn't meant for me anymore," SIMBI concludes on her first album without producer Inflo since her breakthrough six years ago. "Maybe I'll do more acting and less rapping."

If you haven’t spent the past year under a rock, you already know Lotus largely revolves around her broken relationship with Inflo – the friend, producer, collaborator whom SIMBI lent a large sum of money, which never came back.

"We went from 100 down to ... read more

Out of nowhere comes this until-recently unknown Chicago/Philly duo - rapper John Michel (née Michelichini, don't worry, he'll tell you) and producer Anthony James - with a twelve-track, thirty-seven-minute debut album ready to take over every underground hip-hop channel in the world.

Egotrip is a soulful, sample-heavy dive into the roots of conscious hip-hop and jazz rap, raised on College Dropout, unafraid to rhyme "me" with "me" if the punchline lands. ... read more