FKA twigs’ MAGDALENE: a portrait of Blackness, womanhood, and pain.
MAGDALENE cemented FKA’s place in the pantheon of art pop visionaries. How can we better understand her masterwork by analyzing the conditions that led to its inception?
Celebrating five years of Golden Hour.
The unique, dreamy, country-pop tracks on Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour earned 2019’s “Album of the Year” title at the Grammy Awards, but five years on, the album continues to steal a top place in the musical rotations of loyal fans. If you think you “hate” country music and want to expand your musical palate, take a chance on Golden Hour.
We're all posers: AG Club's exploration of humanity on Imposter Syndrome.
AG Club’s fourth project provides an intimate look into the group’s views on music, life, and culture while maintaining their signature, unpredictable, genre-bending sound.
“Not a Novice How I Prophesy”: Junglepussy’s newest EP is her best work yet.
The aptly titled Jp5000, following releases Jp3 and Jp4, both builds on those records and blazes past them. Futuristic and uncompromising, Jp5000 is Junglepussy, elevated.
The musical rollercoaster of Angèle’s Nonante-Cinq.
Angèle fuses disparate genres and emotions into a remarkable rollercoaster of music.
OK Cool’s latest EP is a surrealist strain of homegrown indie rock.
Beyond Nostalgia: A Retrospective on The Black Parade
The Man Behind the Metaphors: Aesop Rock’s “The Impossible Kid”
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You is a celestial, American fairytale.
A career-defining statement from a band at the height of their powers.
Thundersteel, The Return of Riot
Riot’s sixth full release, Thundersteel, is the greatest album to come out of the mid-eighties American power metal scene.
Unraveling the beautiful contradictions of Björk’s Homogenic.
A look back on Bjork’s magnum opus—1997’s magical and unbelievably timeless Homogenic.
Evincing Vincent in Vince Staples
On Vince Staples’ self-titled album, he strips away the flashier elements of his previous projects in favor of a minimalist and deeply personal account of his harsh upbringing.
The Afterlife and Outer Space in Sonny Smith’s Antenna to the Afterworld.
Whether he is making dog heads out of clay or publishing personal vignettes on his website, musician and artist Sonny Smith’s eccentric creativity is unlike any other.
On Solar Power, Lorde rejects ideals to find utopia.
How did Solar Power become one of the most controversial albums of its year?
Phoebe Bridgers’ Punisher is a Horror Movie
A one-year retrospective.
A Somewhat Brief Inquiry into “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships” by The 1975
Released in 2018, the 1975’s third studio album shows undeniable musical growth and maturity for a group with an already distinct sound.
On Blackout, Britney Spears’ Sinister Technopop Finds Power in Distance
Britney Spears’ breakdown album and magnum opus is an artificial wonderland of distortion that wisely avoids the trends towards confessional pop.
Sampling the Avalanches’ Brilliant ‘We Will Always Love You’
By combining their plunderphonic sensibilities with an eclectic list of collaborators, the Avalanches present a dazzling helping of electronic and neo-psychedelia that is equal parts nostalgic and forward-thinking.