Big Boi: Boomiverse
“Rap’s underground railroad but nothing’s above me,” Big Boi boasts in Boomiverse‘s opening track “Da Next Day.” But after 2012’s mediocre Vicious Lies &…
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The Lillingtons: Project 313
It’s hard to call a band that hasn’t released any new music in 11 years “a band in transition,” but that’s what the Lillingtons…
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Art Contest: Two Songs
After first listening to Art Contest’s sophomore album, Two Songs, I was convinced that the complex arpeggiating layers were comprised of more than two…
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Beach Fossils: Somersault
The eleven tracks that make up Somersault, the third full-length album by Brooklyn trio Beach Fossils, is a near-50/50 split of guitar-based indie pop,…
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Bryson Tiller: True to Self
Thanks to Soundcloud, a person’s career can skyrocket into superstardom in the blink of an eye, and that is exactly what happened to 24-year-old…
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Gucci Mane: Droptopwop
Gucci is back…again! This time the Atlanta trap legend is back with arguably the top producer of the past two years, Metro Boomin. Metro…
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Chastity Belt: I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone
There’s a very specific, unmistakable feeling that comes across when hearing a band perform together at the apex of the individual members’ combined talents….
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Evan Dando: Baby I’m Bored
Fourteen years after its original release, Evan Dando’s Baby I’m Bored has been rereleased on vinyl with a second disc of alternative and live…
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Pond: The Weather
The influence on Pond’s latest album, The Weather, is obvious; Kevin Parker’s addition to the production and engineering of the band’s seventh studio album…
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Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: The French Press
Coming in one track shy of the seven that made up 2016’s mini-LP, Talk Tight, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever is back almost exactly one…
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