Album Reviews – Page 10

Ace Hashimoto – 'Play.Make.Believe'

9.0

When I spoke to singer and producer Ace Hashimoto earlier this month about his upcoming album Play.Make.Believe, I spoke to a man who was making the album purely for personal…

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8.5

quami.xyz − No One Asked

Three years after his debut et cetera LP, we are still getting to know quami.xyz. His confessional penmanship and the lush production his partnership with dru.xyz sparked captures delicate insights…

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8.0

Babe Rainbow — Changing Colours

"Hippie" is a term that gets thrown around a little too lightly these days. When we think of patrons to the '60s counterculture movement, we think of Woodstock, an abundance…

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8.5

Squid—Bright Green Field

From the singles released so far, we thought that we knew generally what we were getting from Squid's debut album, Bright Green Field. Even though there was a perpetual sense of chaos,…

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8.0

Machester Orchestra − The Million Masks Of God

That moment when you inhale, letting the breath fill up your lungs right before you open your mouth to let the words out—that's a moment that's hard to find on…

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9.0

Hip-hop’s reciprocal relationship with anime has been bumping and slashing along for years now, collaborating on a number of seminal projects and cutting a swathe across multimedia platforms before wiping…

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8.0

Dreamer Boy—All The Ways We Are Together

If this is your first time listening to Dreamer Boy, it’s a great place to start. Zach Taylor, a Nashville musician, spreads cheerful messages scored by atmospheric tunes under the…

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7.5

Mello Music Group—Bushido

I genuinely can’t remember the last time I heard a good label compilation album. This art seems to have fallen by the wayside in recent years, which I view as…

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8.5

Armand Hammer & The Alchemist— Haram

Cult status isn’t something attained easily or by traditional means. New York hip-hop duo Armand Hammer got it through hard work and relentless avant garde sensibilities, given an extra layer…

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9.0

Jus Kno – Looped Circles

Following the release of two striking singles, Madrid's experimental live electronic act Jus Kno' celebrate the release of their debut studio album Looped Circles. Exploring innovative electronic elements over the 9-cut body…

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9.0

Genesis Owusu—Smiling With No Teeth

For some, Australian hip-hop might instantly conjure images of prematurely aged men with chunky DC trainers, ridiculously sized jeans and a Victoria Bitter-stained High Focus hoodie, and for the most…

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8.5

Sam Dew – MOONLIT FOOLS

The debut album from Chicago singer-songwriter Sam Dew is an atmospheric journey through studio mastery and the delivery of emotion through music that gives new meaning to the name, Rhythm…

Archives: Album Reviews

Ace Hashimoto – 'Play.Make.Believe'

quami.xyz − No One Asked

Babe Rainbow — Changing Colours

Squid—Bright Green Field

Machester Orchestra − The Million Masks Of God

Flying Lotus—Yasuke

Dreamer Boy—All The Ways We Are Together

Mello Music Group—Bushido

Armand Hammer & The Alchemist— Haram

Jus Kno – Looped Circles

Sam Dew – MOONLIT FOOLS

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