Album Reviews – Page 35

Drake – Nothing Was The Same [Album Review]

9.0

Rap music is a tough sell. It’s violent and misogynistic. It's crass and confrontational in nature, and, despite what the blogs may tell you, it doesn’t particularly resonate with the…

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Claude VonStroke – Urban Animal

In today’s growing landscape of artists moving from towards DJ-producer-label head triple threats, it can be difficult to ensure strong output in all categories, especially given busy travel schedules. Those…

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8.5

The Bloody Beetroots – HIDE

Italian artist The Bloody Beetroots released a high octane album today on Ultra Records entitled HIDE. Taking his version of dance punk on a film-like journey through 15 tracks, the man otherwise…

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9.0

Marcel Dettmann – Dettmann II

September 16 is a date circled on the calendars of many music enthusiasts as it marks the return of techno lore, Marcel Dettmann. For those of you who follow him,…

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Kaskade – Atmosphere [Album Review]

Music, it speaks to the soul. And every so often in life the stars align for a release, perfectly attuned to a particular moment in time. At least that’s how…

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9.5

King Krule – 6 Feet Beneath The Moon

Archy Marshall is younger than Justin Bieber. Nothing about the polished, perceptive music he makes suggests that, though. The adolescent ginger, now performing under the moniker, King Krule, abstains from…

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8.5

World's Fair – Bastards Of The Party [Album Review]

In 1964, right in the middle of the British Invasion, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, in the humble borough of Queens, New York, hosted the World’s Fair. It was the second…

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Unlimited Gravity – "Unlimited"

Last week, Denver based producer Ronnie Weberg, known to many as Unlimited Gravity, released his third full-length album named Unlimited. Last year, Ronnie impressed the world with his version of…

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7.5

Angger Dimas – Angger Management

Indonesia may not be known as a hotbed for dance music producers, but with Angger Dimas as the face of the country’s electronic crop, that may change sooner than we…

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7.0

Boddika – Steam [EP]

An artist who makes us scratch our heads whenever the question of genre arises, Boddika—the project of Al Green, who makes up a half of Instra:Mental—returns with another release destined…

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8.5

Ørjan Nilsen – No Saint Out of Me

While many of us were rushing off to music festivals or prepping to savor the last official weekend of summer, Norwegian producer Orjan Nilsen was celebrating the release of his…

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Lucki Eck$ – Alternative Trap [Album Review]

On the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, gangster Charlie “Lucky” Luciano is depicted as a young, hotheaded recluse lacking the pragmatic thought processes necessary to be a boss. When he starts…

Archives: Album Reviews

Drake – Nothing Was The Same [Album Review]

Claude VonStroke – Urban Animal

The Bloody Beetroots – HIDE

Marcel Dettmann – Dettmann II

Kaskade – Atmosphere [Album Review]

King Krule – 6 Feet Beneath The Moon

World's Fair – Bastards Of The Party [Album Review]

Unlimited Gravity – "Unlimited"

Angger Dimas – Angger Management

Boddika – Steam [EP]

Ørjan Nilsen – No Saint Out of Me

Lucki Eck$ – Alternative Trap [Album Review]

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