●●●○○ Chassol’s fourth studio album lumbers into existence with a robotic recital from Herman Hesse’s The Glass Bead Game; laying its cards on the table, that it intends to study ‘play’, in all of its complexity. Of course, Chassol’s previous … Continue reading Ludi by Chassol // REVIEW
●●●●● JPEGMAFIA (Peggy to his fans) has spent the better part of 2019 subverting the demands of critics and fans, teasing towards his third studio album, All My Heroes are Cornballs (AMHAC); promising only to disappoint and disgust his audience. … Continue reading JPEGMAFIA: All My Heroes are Cornballs // Review
●○○○○ Alt-J’s new album REDUXER, a series of hip hop remixes of their last album RELAXER, is tacky. A sleek-bodied trinket of a thing, pandering to well-produced pop trends (expect thumping 808s, and quantiticised drum loops) with a star-studded feature … Continue reading alt-J’s REDUXER // Review
●●●○○ Denzel Curry should cut the concept. TA1300, his third studio album, divided over three discs, embodying the light, grey and dark sides of Curry’s persona, tires of anything resembling a unifying theme three tracks in. The light side of … Continue reading Denzel Curry’s TA1300 // REVIEW Curry’s brilliance lies in his ability to inhabit a multitude of styles and flows.
●●○○○ Who is Nasir? Illmatic endures still in the die-hard fan’s memory, a product of the Brooklyn poet, boasting an ill palate for blunts, Moët, and inkwells. Though, the young man from Queensbury projects is a far cry from the man … Continue reading Nasir, reviewed. Fractured spoken-word and privilege bloat Nas’s 12th studio album.
It was the start of the school year. Life’s joy was reduced to furtive meetings behind the local chapel after school. There a knowing congregation hung, lining Blockias one to one, infrared beaming new albums to one another. Nobody knew … Continue reading ‘Ghosts’ of Yeezy Yonder Kanye and Cudi’s ‘Kids See Ghosts’ reviewed
I’ve been thinking about our heroes lately. Most of all, because I saw mine, Nick Cave, self-proclaimed ‘bride of Jesus’, last Wednesday, 6/6/18 (just one six off brand for old Nick’ who, at sixty, has retained his wholly contrived style; … Continue reading Instrumental to Greatness Nick Cave Live at Kilmainham