Jenny on Holiday: Quicksand Heart Album Review
On her debut solo album, Quicksand Heart, Jenny Hollingworth is hungry—practically gluttonous—for life. The English singer-songwriter is best…
French Montana / Max B: Coke Wave 3.5: Narcos Album Review
Here’s the recipe for a good Coke Wave mixtape: First, add one French Montana, but make sure he’s…
Mon Rovîa: Bloodline Album Review
On Bloodline, singer-songwriter Mon Rovîa approaches his complex upbringing with an impressive clarity of vision. Born in Liberia…
U.e.: Other Girl Album Review
U.e.’s Other Girl is a singer-songwriter album that strips away a lot of the singing and even more…
Bruno Mars Announces the Romantic Tour for New Album
He’s back. Photo: Stewart Cook/CBS via Getty Images Bruno Mars is finally leaving his APT and hitting the…
Babau: The Sludge of the Land Album Review
In 1957, nearly seven decades before Babau’s new “post-exoticism” album The Sludge of the Land, bandleader Martin Denny…
Worldpeace DMT / Rowan Please: The Velvet Underground & Rowan Album Review
It’s hard, these days, to move through the world feeling optimistic. Violence is everywhere. Prices are steep, jobs…
The Bug / Ghost Dubs: Implosion Album Review
From industrial dancehall to leftfield techno to deep, alienating drone made with saxophones, Kevin Richard Martin welcomes the…
Niontay: Soulja Hate Repellant Album Review
Of the next-gen rap auteurs that characterize MIKE’s 10k label—El Cousteau, Sideshow, and Anysia Kym, to name a…
Yawning Portal: Anywhere Album Review
For two South Londoners, Yawning Portal are oddly enchanted by the American Midwest. Their debut album Anywhere was…
Gabriel Jacoby: gutta child EP Album Review
gutta child is an odyssey that feels like a jaunt. In 20 feverish minutes, Gabriel Jacoby coos, raps,…
AKAI SOLO: No Control, No Glory Album Review
By pushing past some of the assumed constraints of rap writing (rhymes at the end of each line,…