J. Cole – Born Sinner
Born Sinner is struggle music. It is melancholy and frustrated and no fun to listen to. From the moment J. Cole announces that it’s way darker this time—about 15 seconds…
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Kanye West – Yeezus
When it comes to those of us that critique music, there is a tendency to overanalyze. This is the case with no artist more than Kanye West, whose content and…
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Prodigy & Alchemist – Albert Einstein
Prodigy knew Alchemist was special after listening to ten seconds of his beats. The two hip-hop artists met in the ‘90s through mutual acquaintance DJ Muggs, the Cypress Hill producer…
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Disclosure – Settle
Over the past few weeks UK brothers, Guy and Lawrence Howard, better known to us as Disclosure, have been teasing and pleasing us with a slew of singles off their…
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Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Five years and one inflated recording budget later, Daft Punk's fourth studio album Random Access Memories has finally hit the shelves in a display of major label fireworks. So captivating…
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Majical Cloudz – Impersonator
Songwriter Devon Welsh and producer Matthew Otto are two individuals that collectively create Majical Cloudz, a Montreal-based entity that values emptiness and simplicity. We were all introduced to our first taste of…
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Bibio – Silver Wilkinson
If you've been listening to British producer Bibio (aka Stephen Wilkinson) long enough, by now you might really feel as though you know the guy–or know his music well enough…
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Steffi – Panorama Bar 05
Techno & deep house Dutch-ess Steffi Doms holds the title of esteemed selector for Panorama Bar. As a resident and compilation dedicated to her seven years, Steffi releases the fifth…
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Chance the Rapper – Acid Rap
It seems like a bit of a contradiction to critique hip-hop, a genre built on the reinvention of sound, for its lack of originality; yet, it has grown into something…
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Substantial – Jackin' Jill
The public has seen the emergence of a newly trend of upcoming talent paying homage to their hip-hop icons by crafting tribute albums. Elzhi’s Elmatic and Fashawn’s Ode To Illmatic are…
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Clouds – Man Out of Dubs
If the haunted voice behind Tannhauser Acid Works told us anything, it's that Scottish duo Clouds are exactly what the name implies. Their Turbo laden catalog has seen them float over current trends and…
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Kastle – Kastle
San Francisco producer Barrett Richards has been making music for many years under a few different musical alter egos. His latest project, Kastle, is a slight departure from the hard-hitting…
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