Of the new wave of British post-punk to arise in the past few years, Black Midi is easily one of the best and most interesting projects to come out of it, and this album is evidence enough.
Before Hellfire, I really wasn't that big of a Black Midi fan, I must confess. I found Cavalcade and Schlagenheim, their previous two records, to have really cool ideas, but very disjointed and half-baked. When I heard the lead single off this album, Welcome to Hell, my opinion of them did a 360 so fast, I ... read more
Anton Newcombe's psychedelic juggernaut of a band continues their near 30 year streak of astonishing consistency in the quality of their releases, stretching from their beginnings in the shoegaze movement to their gnarly sendup of classic psychedelia in recent years.
There's not much bad I have to say about this record, So I'll just get that out of the way so I can fanboy over this album for a little bit. If I had any complaints about this album, it would be that the tracklist seems to kind of ... read more
I think Drake may have taken a little too much Melatonin prior to recording this one… someone should check on him.
Before I say anything about the quality of this record, I'd like to preface by saying I really do respect the stylistic shift here. That's kind of where my praises for the record as a whole begin and end.
One weird criticism I keep hearing about this project is about it's artwork, which I actually rather like. Not important, just felt like sharing.
Admittedly, I have a ... read more
Really impressed with this one, a release that needs a lot more recognition than it has.
As someone who isn't really all *that* fond of the late 80s/early 90s west coast hip hop sound, this admittedly is among my favourite rap albums ever, and a release I personally believe rivals classics like Dr. Dre's The Chronic or Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle. This album was really invested into the early foundations of the G-Funk sound rising at the time, and would peak a couple years later with the rise of ... read more
Rap's resident chef returns with a banging project (well-done, if you may) that does not miss.
While I've never been that much of an Action Bronson fan before now, his style really clicked with me on this record. In fact, all of the aspects on display here come together really well. The slightly noisy affect of the instrumentals here really highlight Bronson's off-kilter flows. This is also a really tight listen, with ten tracks coming to a total of half an hour, you can tell no gristle was ... read more
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