MC Yallah doesn’t worry about getting lost in translation. The Kenyan-born, Ugandan-raised rapper blasts high-speed rhymes in Luganda, Luo, Kiswahili and English, sometimes to the …
MC Yallah: Yallah Beibe Album Review
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Everything But the Girl: Fuse Album Review
EBTG has never been burdened by its history; they’re more inclined to ditch it from album to album, jumping between bossa nova and light jazz …
ICYTWAT: Have Mercy On Us Album Review
On paper, a style rooted in Playboi Carti-inspired vocals and Memphis hip-hop bounce sounds like the most played shit ever. But the singles and mixtapes …
Poison Ruïn: Härvest Album Review
Anger and oppression are historical constants. Ruin’s Poison From Harve combines feudal revolt with contemporary punk rage, holding up a medieval mirror of the genre’s …
Dinner Party: Enigmatic Society Album Review
Dinner Party offers irrefutable proof that great music requires great restraint. The group is made up of three of the most highly rated jazz musicians …
Patrick Wolf: The Night Safari EP Album Review
Patrick Wolf’s resounding baritone easily evokes seriousness, lending his best songs a combined air of theatrics and raw emotion. The English musician’s first two records …
Jana Horn: The Window Is the Dream Album Review
When Jana Horn was writing songs for the window is the dream, he had almost no access to music: his record player, laptop, and phone …
The Tallest Man on Earth: Henry St. Album Review
A little over a dozen years ago, Kristian Matsson, the Swedish singer-songwriter best known as the world’s tallest man, was so captivating that it became …
Kiko el Crazy: Pila’e Teteo Album Review
Kiko may not be able to carve her voice into childish babbles or vibrant howls like El Alfa, but she still has impressive vocal control. …
Nerver / Chat Pile: Brothers in Christ EP Album Review
Chat Pile is shaping up to be the landlocked American heavy music equivalent of indie film auteurs, nerdily tweaking the conventions of various genres while …