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Album Review: "Nightmare Vacation" by Rico Nasty (9/10)
Distributed by: Sugar Trap Producers: Various Rico Nasty describes her debut album, Nightmare Vacation, as “sugar trap on steroids”—a fitting description for an album that ... -
Album Review: "Pluto x Baby Pluto" by Future and Lil Uzi Vert (8/10)
Distributed by: Warner Music Group Producers: DJ ESCO/Various Pop-trap fans have finally got the collaboration they’ve been asking for. Future and Lil Uzi Vert are ... -
Album Review: "Anissa Lea" by Anissa Lea (8/10)
Distributed by: E & A Music Productions LLC Producer: Alex J. Greene One of the latest artists to emerge from the Motor City is a ... -
Album Review: "The Gathering" by Amber Weekes (9/10)
Distributed by: Amber Inn Productions Producer: Mark Cargill On one of this year’s most imaginatively arranged and produced seasonal offerings, renowned soul/jazz vocalist Amber Weekes ... -
Album Review: "Emergency Breakthrough" by Rough Church (8/10)
Label: Nocturnal Sol Producers: Joel Jerome, Andrew Bush, Manny Nieto and Marc Doten Back before cell phones and the like, an “emergency breakthrough” was when ... -
Album Review: "The Royal Affair Tour – Live From Las Vegas" by YES (10/10)
Label: BMG Records Producer: Billy Sherwood July 2019 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas proved to be a memorable night as this album ... -
Album Review: "From King to a God" by Conway the Machine (9/10)
Label: Griselda Records Producers: The Alchemist, Daringer and more Griselda is a collective consisting of three seemingly old-school rappers who deliver crafty beats from top-tier ... -
Album Review: "World Goes Round" by World Goes Round (8/10)
Label: Viper Records Producer: Tommy Vicari In 1989, a supergroup of behind-the-scenes industry vets got together at co-lead vocalist Frank Musker’s Laurel Canyon studio to ... -
Album Review: "Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God" by Busta Rhymes (9/10)
Label: Conglomerate/Empire Producer: Various ELE 2 is Busta Rhymes’ 10th studio album to date and is by far his most puzzling one yet. With over ... -
Album Review: "Point the Flashlight and Walk" by Told Slant (8/10)
Label: Double Double Whammy Producer: Felix Walworth Felix Walworth, aka Told Slant, has shown clear growth on their third full-length release, with complex compositions that ... -
Vinyl Review: Gareth Coker's "Ori and the Will of the Wisps"
Composer Gareth Coker, with whom we spoke in 2018, has teamed with iam8bit for a vinyl release of Ori and the Will of the Wisps. ... -
Album Review: Hot Chelle Rae's "Tangerine"
Kicking off their comeback EP by way of a title track custom-built for radio, HCR sounds like a hip-hop Bee Gees. While the disc's other ... -
Album Review: Bill Curreri's "Hard Road Home"
Though his emergence as an indie powerhouse finds his blend of feisty rockers, mid-tempo pop gems and soulful ballads fitting in the "Americana rock" category, ... -
Album Review: Daylight by Grace Potter (8/10)
If Midnight caused her to consider leaving music, then Daylight is Potter’s wholehearted message to everyone that she’s here to stay. While 2015’s Midnight featured ... -
Album Review: Norman F***ing Rockwell by Lana Del Rey (9/10)
Utilizing guitar riffs, soft piano chords and an overall stripped-down sound, it’s almost as though Del Rey sheds her former, lost self and becomes a ... -
Album Review: Steve Gadd Band by Steve Gadd Band (8/10)
On the Steve Gadd Band’s spirited, hook and improvisation filled, tightly funky then polyrhythmic groove-a-second fourth album, the legendary drummer and his longtime cohorts from ... -
Album Review: Head Over Heels by Chromeo (8/10)
Like most Chromeo’s releases over the past decade, songs from their new Head Over Heels are deeply rooted in Minneapolis funk, dance-pop and nu-disco. Nevertheless, ... -
Album Review: FLOW by FLOW (8/10)
Forty years after Windham Hill became a catalyst for the global new age music phenomenon, its founder, acoustic guitarist Will Ackerman joins forces with genre ... -
Album Review: Automata II by Between the Buried and Me (10/10)
Between the Buried and Me’s 2018 concept has reach its conclusion on this, Automata II. The four-track finale will bring the BTBAM faithful to its ... -
Album Review: Daytona by Pusha T 9/10
Daytona is dope, fresh and under the influence like its album cover, which pictures Whitney Houston’s bathroom the day she passed. Pusha T delivers a ...
