An Artist in His Own Right: Nick Soulsby on Thurston Moore
This oral history seeks to course-correct one man's discography that's been overshadowed by that of his band, but it seems more intent to course-correct Moore's reputation.
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Young Thug: Beautiful Thugger Girls
It's not the singing album we were promised, or the country album we were suggested: it's just a great Young Thug album.
Drake: More Life
More life, more everything, more Drake, more songs, more sounds, more tings.
Dirty Projectors: Dirty Projectors (take 2)
Returning to the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience.
Lance Skiiiwalker: Introverted Intuition
It takes a special sort of hack to get 13 non-descript beats, do absolutely nothing worth noting over top of them, and then call it your debut album
NxWorries: Yes Lawd!
Yes Lawd! wants to be a neo-soul version of Madvillainy or The Unseen or Donuts, but comes up short.
Mac Miller: The Divine Feminine
When you can't rap or sing, but you want to declare your love to your new woman, you might as well do it through groove.
Aphex Twin: Cheetah
Harnessing older sounds into something that sounds modern, the Cheetah EP transforms grotesque synth into something that sounds human.
Blood Orange: Freetown Sound
It’s a flawed love-letter to the '80s, to the people who just want to dance, to the people who feel marginalized, to the people who feel oppressed. Given recent events, it’s an uplifting album in embarrassing times.
ScHoolboy Q: Blank Face
This is some 74 minutes of dark nights on the West Coast, looking for temporary satisfaction in women and drugs, with a production and feature roster that’ll make you drool.
Jack DeJohnette / Ravi Coltrane / Matthew Garrison: In Movement
One of the best jazz drummers teams up with the sons of one of the best saxophonists and bassists and delivers one of the best albums of the year, jazz or otherwise.
James Blake: The Colour in Anything
James Blake had it in him to release a great album here. He just chose not to.