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Album Review: Jay-Z - 4:44 (10/10)
In a league of his own, Jay-Z proves to be the Grandmaster on the hip-hop chess board. His 4:44 is 10 tracks, concise and direct, ... -
Album Review: Jason Miles - Kind of New 2: Blue is Paris (8/10)
Renowned for helming all-star jazz projects, Grammy winning composer/producer Jason Miles finds a revolutionary way to express his awe at the resilience of Paris in ... -
Music Album Review: Nothing More - “The Stories We Tell Ourselves” (10/10)
After just one listen of Nothing More’s sophomore album, The Stories We Tell Ourselves, one thing is clear; the San Antonio rockers have produced an ... -
Album Review: Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer - Not Dark Yet (8/10)
Sisters Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer team up for the first time for extraordinary duets. A shared harmonic kinship––Lynne’s hard whiskey tones against Moorer’s smoother ... -
Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy (8/10)
With Flower Boy, West Coast rapper Tyler the Creator returns with his most well-crafted album to date. Coming a long way from his first full-length ... -
Music Album Review: Michael Mollura - Score to Hare Krishna! (9/10)
Employing beautiful, soothing, acoustic instruments including flute, sitar, violins, piano, cello and multiple percussion instruments, as well as occasional vocals, Mollura and his assembled crew ... -
Music Album Review: James Elkington - Wintres Woman (8/10)
Having toured with, and earned the respect of, progressive, neo-folk, Americana and finger style virtuosos like Richard Thompson, Jeff Tweedy, Nathan Salsburg and the group Tortoise, Elkington is ... -
Music Album Review: Scott Wilkie - StudioLIVE (8/10)
Realizing that the radio hits and best songs from his studio works have evolved dynamically over hundreds of performances, veteran contemporary jazz keyboardist/composer Scott Wilkie and his ... -
Music Album Review: Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface (9/10)
Manchester Orchestra have hit that fork in the road most bands, fortunate enough to, approach by their fifth album: Release something familiar, or re-invent their sound at the risk ... -
Music Album Review: 2Chainz - Pretty Girls Like Trap Music (8/10)
Pretty Girls Like Trap Music may be 2Chainz’s most colorful and ambitious project to date as he showcases his bravado and rapping skills in a variety of ...
