"The experimental rap trio have been exploring stark sounds and extreme circumstances since they emerged on their 2013 album 'midcity'... 'There Existed An Addiction To Blood', Clipping’s new album, is a meditation on the idea of horror — horror movies, horror stories, ’90s horrorcore rap" - Stereogum is impressed with new album by Clipping. It's no […]
'No Home Record' is a first solo album by Kim Gordon, former voice of Sonic Youth, and here, she sounds as fresh as ever. Lyrically, she is dealing with "these calamitous times with as much wit and menace", as Guardian says in their review (five of five stars). Sonically, it's like anything we've heard from […]
Big Thief this week release new album 'Two Hands', five months after their latest, 'U.F.O.F.', the latest being an "earth twin" to the older one's "celestial" spirit. 'U.F.O.F' was recorded in Washington State's dewy forests, as multi-layered, highly constructed studio work, and 'Two Hands' was recorded almost entirely live in the harsh, decaying desert of El […]
It's Detroit rapper's fifth album, with appearances from Blood Orange, JPEGMAFIA, Obongjayar, and Run The Jewels. Kind words from critics: "Masterfully produced and exquisitely executed" - Clash Music; "As a presentation of Brown as an exceptional rapper, it ticks all the right boxes" - The Line of Best Fit; "It's Brown's pen game and ear […]
Guardian's music critic totally likes the new Cave&Seeds album: "The most straightforwardly beautiful set of songs that Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have ever recorded". In comparison, "Ghosteen occasionally feels like an infinitely warmer, sweeter sibling of 2016’s 'Skeleton Tree'", and Cave, getting older, of course, but his voice "sounds rich". The album is composed of […]
"The album is named after Howard’s sister, who died at 13 after being diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer. It was Jaime who first taught Brittany to write a song, and now she’s writing her most unyielding and vulnerable ones, songs about coming to terms with personal identity, guarded secrets, spiritual and social […]
"It’s a bold, confident new introduction to an already-established band, and it’s not everyday that you see a band drastically reshape their sound and get heavier in the process" - Brooklyn Vegan says in review of Microwave's new album. They went from indie-rock from their first two albums to alt-rock at their newest, and - "the depth […]
Critics don't use the word "exciting" describing Tool's new album, for a reason, and, in general, it comes down to 'Fear Inoculum' being just really good music. So: "This is the most intricate and densely-layered album Tool have yet made" - Kerrang; "a languid and blissful work – one that will richly reward future listens" […]
Invisible Oranges made a selection of metal releases for this week, and what really stands out is new album 'No Rising Sun' by Californian atmospheric tech-metal band WRVTH. "With cleaner breakdowns and grander interstellar harmonic odysseys, 'No Rising Sun' represents a stunning maturation of WRVTH’s sound" - IO says, with Sputnik Music saying - "It is an […]
American rapper Rapsody just released her third album 'Eve', with each song dedicated to one of her heroes -Michelle Obama, Oprah, Egyptian queen Hatshepsut etc. (there's no 'Eve' on the album). Guardian really likes her lyricism and skill - "With a delivery cut from the same cloth as Jay-Z or Lauryn Hill, she’s a storyteller, and counterbalances […]
