Music Reviews
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The Kinks Muswell Hillbillies - Deluxe Edition
A new take on and old, neglected classic.
Alan Shulman reviews -
Drake Nothing Was the Same
The return of a modern day rap phenomenon, it's Drake's 3rd studio album. Where will it stack up in this year's hip-hop releases?
Richard Petty reviews from the top... -
jesu Everyday I Get Closer to the Light From Which I Came
Justin K. Broadrick releases his fifth album as jesu, Everyday I Get Closer to the Light From Which I Came, and cleanses himself of the “What does it all mean?” from his system before devoting himself completely to the reunited Godflesh. It’s pretty. It’s solid. It’s jesu.
Sean Caldwell reviews... -
CHVRCHES The Bones of What You Believe
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Gabbie Nirenburg reviews... -
The Field Cupid's Head
The Swedish producer's latest offers a considerably darker picture, yet it retains the rigid formalism of his entire oeuvre.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez cuts through the fog... -
Icona Pop This Is... Icona Pop
Light-headed and slightly breathless, the international debut from Icona Pop has arrived.
Gary McGinley reviews... -
HAIM Days Are Gone
After nearly a year of hype, what's left of the debut album by the trio of Californian sisters is finally here.
Forrest Cardamenis reminisces... -
Sons of the Sea Sons of the Sea
Brandon Boyd has used the Incubus hiatus to discover another way to celebrate his vivid enterprise. With the help of long-time collaborator Brendan O'Brien, Sons of the Sea has announced itself as a different kind of pop music, awash with high spirits and playful, stomping imagination.
Carl Purvis is remembering himself... -
Oneohtrix Point Never R Plus Seven
For over 5 years now, Oneohtrix Point Never has successfully endeavored into the great digital void and brought forth some of the most bizarre sounds that have ever been stuck together in a coherent sequence. But does his latest record hold up similarly?
Andrew Ciraulo reviews... -
Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2
While Justin Timberlake's unnecessary 2nd half to the already rather complete 20/20 Experience has a few catchy moments, it's hard not to see why JT may have left these songs off the first record in the first place.
Peter Quinton feeds further into the "JT's year of domination" with this review...
