Meek Mill: Dreams Worth More Than Money
On Dreams Worth More Than Money savvy potential hits are overshadowed by tracks with chips on their shoulders, made for a guy who sounds like he leaves blood on the mic.
Joe Sweeney
Sly and the Family Stone: Live at the Fillmore East
On these two days in 1968, Sly and the Family Stone sounded like a perpetual motion machine far too powerful to ever break down.
When Slayer Screams About Dying, You Feel Alive
When the latest incarnation of Slayer walked onto a stage full of Marshall stacks and upside-down crosses, it was a chance to see how a band long obsessed with death was coping with its aftermath.
Goatsnake: Black Age Blues
Sunn O))) guitarist Greg Anderson has revived his old band, and it's a balm to anyone who fears that all the good power chord progressions have already been written.
Darryl Holter: Radio Songs: Woody Guthrie in Los Angeles 1937-1939
By making a record to remind us about Woody Guthrie's tenure on Los Angeles radio, Holter is also reminding us of California’s unique legacy of promises unfulfilled.
iLoveMakonnen: Drink More Water 5
There's something about iLoveMakonnen's tone and inflection that turns his wobbly singing and hazy, uncomplicated rapping into reliable ways to deliver hooks. He might not have perfect pitch, but his pop instincts are awfully close.
Kylie Minogue: Kylie / Enjoy Yourself / Rhythm of Love / Let’s Get to It
On these reissues of Kylie Minogue's first four records, the singer starts to figure out who she is, no matter how little her producers/hit-making assembly lines seemed to care.
Ty Segall Band: Live in San Francisco
Living in the afterglow of 2014’s excellent Manipulator, this live record sounds like a man hitting the beer tent hard after a marathon.
DragonForce: Maximum Overload
DragonForce doesn’t perform. It executes. It makes metal songs that sound like metal objects.
Obituary: Inked in Blood
On their ninth album, Obituary continue to deliver ash-blackened riffage and unintelligible, swamp-creature squeals straight from the bile sac.
Queen: Live at the Rainbow ’74
This lost live record captures one of rock’s most unassailable giants, right when it was discovering how to really belt out its “fee-fi-fo-fums”.
Tim & Eric with Dr. Steve Brule: Boston – 4 October 2014
Tim & Eric, with Dr. Steve Brule in tow, shared their brand of entrancingly preposterous, thoroughly sweet comedy during an extended set in Boston's Back Bay.