Music Review

The opening track of Vince Staples’ self-titled album may be his defining masterwork. The bouncy and devastating 'ARE YOU WITH THAT?' seems to exemplify everything he’s been about his whole career, brought to new melodic heights. Vince’s…

Blueanimal is a band that emerged from another Orlando outfit called Redwax. The guitarist and bass player, Luke Elms and Matt Lube, formed their own musical nugget from the main gig, and they just released a captivating new concept album…

Time is Your Old Droog’s debut album, or so he claims. The Ukrainian-born rapper has released six projects since 2019, Time being his seventh. The misdirection is intentional. Time at once shows the listener sides of Droog never before…

Prodigious lo-fi artist Mike Gale has knocked out his ninth release, Twin Spirit. This one marks a different approach to earlier work, however, as this is built upon samples that act as thematic bases to draw melodies over, progressively…

Dark and broody is certainly a style to fit the times we’re in, and “Alt-desktop” doom artist K4LT (formed from the German word “Kalt”) has delivered a discombobulated, weird, and mesmerizing piece with his new EP, Endgame. The Berlin…

After fourteen years and the release of two albums, Gypsies On The Autobahn called it quits. Not one to rest on his laurels, James Smith busied himself with multiple remix projects under his Yurn moniker and made some guest appearances on…

Welcome to The Rotation, a roundup of the week’s key moments in music and why you should listen. Read Volume 14 below, or scroll to the end for playlists on Spotify and Apple Music. Previous instalments available here. As concerts…

Mach-Hommy has been mindfully carving out his own lane since his split from Buffalo, NY rap collective Griselda in 2017. His career is the single biggest counterprogramming effort in contemporary hip hop. Mach has no social media presence.…

The accessibility of modern production software, educational resources, and advances in tech have made remote collaborations more and more the norm—especially in the era of COVID-19. All over the world, people are teaming up to contribute…

If one thing is clear about indie-funk group The Chris Ruben Band, it's that they’re serious about fun. The New York sextet’s new album, Madness on Repeat, encapsulates their live energy and musical prowess through their unique flavour of…