WIPEOUT was a track I expected to hate but it’s actually kind of a vibe.

Gus Dapperton bounces between boring and grating in this very nothing slice of pop. Henge features inoffensive production but it’s oftentimes paired with Gus’ vocals which are already weak but also seem to have some awful metallic sounding filter over them, ruining most of what this album has to offer.

I liked UGLY when it first came out; but hard to really look back at it in any positive light after recent revelations; especially given that (and I am operating here under the assumption that the allegations against Slowthai are, in fact, true) the album’s trying to get you to empathise and root for someone who may now have been revealed to actually be quite despicable.

Oh man, this album could have been so good! Every so often you get some flashes of brilliance from Corinne- the opener and the title track both being stellar examples of the amazing things Black Rainbows can do when it gets things right- but much of the potential of it is wasted because the production on this album is wild in terms of quality. Take the track Erasure for example, which has these really impactful, direct lyrics which might be some of my favourite on the record but the ... read more

This Is Why is an engaging, hooky record that’s definitely on the punkier side of post-punk.

In theory, Trackhouse should be terrible. In practice, it’s actually quite fun.

Atmospherically sublime and emotionally raw, Mitski crafts a truly spellbinding one-of-a-kind folk experience on The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We.

Producer Blockhead enlists some of the most vibrant voices in rap today for a witty and well produced album.

This album basically sounds like the story of a band who started writing an album with the intent to produce a compelling narrative alongside some stadium sized bangers, but eventually realised they mostly just wanted to make songs with a vague message and then blow up the choruses to the size of Jupiter. If you’re looking for anthemic stadium rock songs you can definitely find them on Night Visions, but the remainder of the stuff on here is pretty limp.

There have been some truly awful hit singles in the past, but at least most of them bring something memorably bad to the table; First Class on the other hand is the kind of awful hit single that brings nothing. Truly this is one of the least interesting, least noteworthy, least… anything rap songs I’ve ever heard. It might as well be muzak.

For the people who wanted another First Class from Jack Harlow, Lovin On Me is for you and it is only slightly less devoid of fun than its Fergie-sampling predecessor.

Mori Calliope's second album, SINDERELLA, is uhh….. it's uhhhhh…. yeah it's uhh. yeah it's not that good! Lyrically it suffers from a lack of truly original or new ideas (the album's lowlight, a song called Internet Brain Rot, features Mori rapping about being cancelled on the internet- a Ivrical theme that has been done to death and not once has been interesting or engaging to listen to- over an instrumental that wouldn't sound out of place in one of the My Little Pony: Equestria ... read more

If anyone needed proof that Tame Impala’s fuzzy, psychedelic sound and wandering, lonely lyrics had more going for it than simply nostalgia factor, well, Lonerism is that proof and it is stellar.

Innerspeaker is an excellent debut record with a lot of personality.

PinkPantheress refines her unique style of drum & bass-infused pop on the fun romp that is Heaven Knows.

There’s that punch I wanted from Contra!!! Modern Vampires Of The City is exactly the kind of refinement of Vampire Weekend’s bright indie formula I was looking for. The songs still feel vibrant and full of life but now there’s an added polish to them, as well as just more feeling. I found myself much more invested in this lyrically than Contra or even self-titled. Probably my favourite of the albums I’ve heard from the band and a definite step up from their last release.

Chronicles Of A Diamond is an enjoyable, but not particularly daring, soul record. The highs aren’t that high, the lows aren’t that low and the whole thing mostly relies on the vibes of the project which, to be fair, are pretty solid. There’s potential to the sound the duo are cultivating here but I’d like to see them experiment a little more next time around.

I didn’t really enjoy Contra as much as I thought I would. All the bright, afropop inspired instrumental quirks I loved about Vampire Weekend’s self-titled debut are still there, and it’s not as if the songs are bad, but they aren’t really captivating me like their first album did. It’s odd, they feel… a bit limp, like they need more of a punch to them. Maybe they’ll grow on me if I revisit the album.

For what sounds very much like a protest song, there's a nonspecificness to the lyrics of Burn The House Down that washes away any fighting spirit the song could have displayed and instead turns it into a one-size-fits-all 'Fight Song' style affair where it just sounds like AJR are protesting the general idea of injustice rather than any incident with specific meaning. Oh well, I'm sure the production has the chance to save Burn The House Down from mediocrity…

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