84%Overall

Shamir: Ratchet

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Of the many things that connect the human race, a desire for individuality may be the most paradoxical. We gravitate toward those with whom we have similar tastes, but we all want to be our own person — someone...
Best Coast
58%Overall

Best Coast: California Nights

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When I first read in detail about Best Coast’s new album via Rolling Stone, I became ingrained with expectations that may have been unrealistic. The article headline touted the album, California Nights, as the ...
Purity Ring
81%Overall

Purity Ring: Another Eternity

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I reviewed “Push Pull” with mixed feelings back in December. Now that Purity Ring has released their album in full, I am eating my words with a side of humble pie. Another Eternity may not have the verbal influ...
Father John Misty
80%Overall

Father John Misty: I Love You, Honeybear

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“Mascara, blood, ash, and cum /On the Rorschach sheets where we make love” “I wanna take you in the kitchen / Lift up your wedding dress someone was probably murdered in” “Oh, just a little bored in the USA /...
Joey Badass
70%Overall

Joey Bada$$: B4.Da.$$

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Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ appears to be an artist that has garnered more hype than his musical output deserves. In a time when all it takes to pop off is one song the Twitterverse can call “fire” and the crea...
Mark Ronson
76%Overall

Mark Ronson: Uptown Special

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It was not long ago that the majority of the United States had never heard the name Mark Ronson, myself included. Unbeknownst to us ignorant Americans, Ronson has been making music since the ’90s. His name is a...
Purity Ring

Purity Ring: “Push Pull”

Songs
Possibly best known for their collaborations with rising MCs Danny Brown and Ab-Soul, Canadian electronic duo Purity Ring bring us some new original material as they continue to work their new album. For those ...
RTJ2
85%Overall

Run the Jewels
RTJ2

Albums
In a world where hip hop culture is prominent and DJ Mustard beats run rampant, Atlanta MC Killer Mike and New York MC/producer El-P join forces to create Run the Jewels, a duo whose music is hard to classify a...
73%Overall

SBTRKT
Wonder Where We Land

Albums
Let me preface this review by saying that I have never listened to SBTRKT before this album. I knew the name enough to know that SBTRKT was an electronic act, but I did not know it enough to realize it’s pronou...

Baths: “Fade White”

Songs
Coming from his Ocean Death EP released in May, Will Wiesenfeld (performing under the Baths pseudonym) gives us “Fade White,” a track that presents a mood equal parts chill and upbeat, influenced respectively b...

Grimes feat. Blood Diamonds: “Go”

Songs
While I could only faintly hear the music from Grimes’ set at Pitchfork Music Festival while waiting toward the front for Kendrick Lamar, I could still tell I was missing out on something. From what I could see...