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When Ndegeocello strips the songs back to their core intent, honing in on the message within the lyrics, she manages to elevate them into a new place.
Read moreWaiting ten years for The Breeders to give us another album is an act of faith their collective talents are worthy of.
Read moreOn her debut LP, Sophie Allison’s preoccupations are teenage (and occasionally timeless) leftovers, but more grown-up signatures are scribbled throughout.
Read moreThe band’s fifth studio affair is like a throat clearing before you make a big, bold statement, a statement that gets the attention of a room.
Read moreCommon's thoughtful input takes center stage throughout most of the album. Yet, Glasper and Riggins still manage to showcase what makes them special talents.
Read moreThe LP may be the first collaboration of its kind between Khrysis and Elzhi, but their styles mesh as if they've been working together for years.
Read moreDriving the songs is Thorn's voice, a vital ingredient that hasn't dulled, its warmth and character as divine as ever.
Read moreOn an album of top 40 melodies and dance jams, the format is accessible, but Meg Remy’s thesis is more cerebral.
Read moreWith the guidance of a great artist, currently in the pocket of cultural zeitgeist, ‘Black Panther’ multiplies to make a satisfying sum of its disparate parts.
Read moreOn his excellent new album, Furman digs deep into a narrative, weaving a tale of outlawed lovers on the run from a society that won’t accept them.
Read moreOn ‘Cooking Something,’ the band’s play powers the album as they go beyond the boundaries of what one might expect from funk music given the genre's history.
Read moreDespite the shifts in SiR's perspective, the album flows well from start to finish, largely because of how he sings.
Read more‘Whatever It Takes’ leaves you with the feeling that you’ve left this tumultuous world behind—if only for half an hour—lost in the transportable power of good music.
Read more‘Ruins’ may not recapture the intensity of its 2014 precursor ‘Stay Gold,’ but its strength lays in the duo’s swooning vocals and lyrical romance.
Read more‘P2’ as a whole is more than a long exercise in nostalgia. It's another big step for Dave East as he works to be an influential force for future rappers in his own right.
Read more‘Songs of Experience’ stays true to U2’s narrative, while providing a more evolved perspective than its companion-piece LP, ‘Songs of Innocence’ (2014).
Read moreThe pairing of Paten Locke’s inventive production with Jay Myztroh’s soulful vocals and adept instrumentation works wonders on the duo’s debut EP.
Read moreFrontman Matt Caughthran’s brutal vocals are in fine form here, as he surfs over the band’s gnarly waves of west coast hardcore punk.
Read moreJames revisits these classics as if he's living in the moment of the songs’ original messages, as well as in the respective eras when they were made.
Read moreComplex and accessible, ‘Rest’ is a beautiful album by a brilliant woman with impeccable taste. What more could you ask for?
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