Tyler, The Creator
Chromakopia
Where Tyler does come up a short on Chromakopia is a piece of his repertoire he hasn’t particularly seemed to struggle with until now, and that he may not even be aware of or taking into account: his lyrical technique as a rapper, as well as his all-around rapping abilities
Northern Transmissions
The Cure
Songs Of A Lost World
The album’s intros are remarkable in their patience and tension, holding the listener’s attention until the total weight of each song arrives. This method, which The Cure perfected on Disintegration, feels even more refined here, enhancing the album’s cathartic power
XS Noize
Tyler, The Creator
Chromakopia
Through imperfections and rigidity, the Los Angeles rapper’s seventh album gives us a clear, damning portrait of his humanity—set aglow by contradiction, wrestling with the loneliness that comes with industry praise, and ending without resolution
Paste Magazine
Halsey
The Great Impersonator
On an album where the pop artist insists they can be anything, they refuse to languish as a hit-making commodity
Paste Magazine
Amyl And The Sniffers
Cartoon Darkness
The four-piece Aussie rock band show off their versatile songwriting on the highly-anticipated third album
Paste Magazine
Tyler, The Creator
Chromakopia
The LA rapper's seventh album is packed with sonic invention and beautiful storytelling, but its messaging is confused
NME
Underworld
Strawberry Hotel
The album is another successful entry in Underworld’s catalogue, one that seems to be a grower this time around. Like they mentioned, please don’t shuffle
Sputnik Music (staff)
Soccer Mommy
Evergreen
With her fourth album Evergreen, Sophie Allison’s Soccer Mommy grapples with loss, bringing in deeper concepts of memory even as she looks for hope that will get her through to the next phase
Spectrum Culture
Kelly Lee Owens
Dreamstate
Kelly Lee Owens’ fourth record is a techno-escapist fantasy, a hypnagogic balloon popping above the dancefloor
Spectrum Culture
Pixies
The Night the Zombies Came
Pixies’ 10th album, The Night the Zombies Came, is a good album that fans of latter-day Pixies will have no trouble embracing and even skeptical older fans should grudgingly admire
Spectrum Culture
Pixies
The Night the Zombies Came
The album has a purposeful eeriness that makes it interesting
The Arts Desk
Halsey
The Great Impersonator
Halsey compares her medical use of needles to long-dead junkies she once knew
The Arts Desk