#music-review

#music-review

Grace sounds like she's having genuine fun making this music. Her past albums have been a blast to listen to, but seemed to come from Grace's pain and anger.

The LP arrives five years after the first installment, and it features a Freddie Gibbs who's morally on the fence, and subsequently, more introspective than ever.

Once Was Ours Forever isn't much different, except in all the usual ways Made of the Same Stuff albums are: a bit more insular, more stripped-down, more confident and, inevitably, shorter.

Across its 11 tracks, tempos rarely exceed 100bpm, wallowing in tranquil bass lines and languorous grooves.

The songs on Intermission connect with a thick, rubbery bassline, moving in one fluid motion, establishing a winning tempo for the music.

Earl Sweatshirt's concept of 'mirror raps' captures self-affirming themes; Yaya Bey's 'do it afraid' explores the effort of finding joy amidst life’s challenges.

Hearing it for the first time, I finally thought, 'All right, I think we got something special here,' reflects Will Anderson, capturing the essence of the album.

Ren Geisick's new album opens with 'Don't Start Telling Me the Truth,' a charming yet heartbreaking track that reminisces about how love starts sweet and slowly, but surely, fades to ruin.

The track just gets jauntier as it develops: a twinkly piano, cartoon electro-buzz, and a verbose vocal that fills nearly all space in the arrangement.

On his second solo album, Get Sunk, Berninger appears determined to leave his bleak period behind, although this positivity comes at the expense of detail.

Miley Cyrus's album 'Something Beautiful' aims high with its indie rock collaborators but ultimately feels directionless and thematically vague, leaving listeners wanting more.

This Friday we witness the return of Stereolab with their new album, Instant Holograms On Metal Film, marking their first release in nearly 15 years.

Highlights include the heart-wrenching title track "Don't Say You Love Me," the surprisingly authentic country banger "Rope It" that had them ready to buy tickets for Jin's solo tour.

After acclaimed runs in Australia and the US, she's kicking off the UK leg of her Tension tour, celebrating an era that started two years ago with lead single Padam Padam.

Arcade Fire's new album Pink Elephant is a calculated exercise in restraint, stripping away the band's usual soul and spirit.

AMORE, aka Murcia's 25-year-old María Moreno Martinez, creates genre-blending music that merges flamenco, hip-hop, and Latin folk, offering a unique artistic experience.

Bruce Springsteen passionately discusses the current state of America, calling it corrupt and incompetent, while using his music to express hope and rallying for change.

Lunchbox's latest release, L.B. Cooper, stands out in a crowded genre by refining his sound with off-kilter melodies over just 13 tracks.

Put on DJ Chipman's "Beam Ahhh" instead-a fast-paced staple anchored by a genius flip of Eamon's "On & On." Its chipmunked refrain hits like spoonfuls of epinephrine.

On the opening track "Thumbtack," Teitelbaum explores a musical complexity that mirrors her personal struggles, blending folk simplicity with yacht rock's breezy richness.

"I see clearly how it ends / I see the moon rise as the sun descends," they sing during opener "Sinatra Drive Breakdown."

The album takes its unusual title from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a source of inspiration. Drummer Greg Saunier describes the album as 'our low-budget, DIY Frankenstein: A sensitive, spurned, intelligent, dehumanized creature made out of people.'

The blurriness of newstalgia, both a point of reference and discovery, makes Papaholic, Vol.1 a refreshing take on a brand of hip-hop revivalism.