Review: Rich The Kid Avoids Sophomore Slumpin’ On “The World Is Yours 2”
The Queens rapper shows up strong, though avoids showing out.
Album Reviews
Review: NAV Makes His 1st Decent Project With “Brown Boy” EP
Which is ironic because it’s simply a small collection of catchy loosies from the hard drive.
Justin Bieber announces hiatus from music
Don’t expect to hear new music from Justin Bieber anytime soon. In an Instagram message to fans, the 25-year-old pop singer said he is currently “focused on repairing some of the deep rooted issues that I have… so that I don’t fall apart, so that I can sustain my marriage, and be the father I …
BLACKPINK announce Kill This Love EP
Ahead of their historic performance at Coachella next month, K-pop girl group BLACKPINK have announced the impending release of a new EP called Kill This Love. Due out April 5th, Kill This Love serves as the follow-up to BLACKPINK’s debut EP, 2018’s Square Up, and marks the group’s first release in partnership with Interscope Records and …
Childish Gambino review, O2 Arena London: Hip hop polymath's 'retirement' show is pure, chaotic energy
The funk-soul success of Donald Glover’s stage name is just another notch on one of the most glittering resumes in pop culture
Jenny Lewis: On the Line review – gripping, subversive, bittersweet
(Warner) What do you do when you break up with your partner of 12 years? You leave your native California and crash at Annie (St Vincent) Clark’s in New York. Jenny Lewis is a songwriter’s songwriter, a dulcet and subversive chronicler of LA shammery whose often sombre subjects come wrapped in the sweetest of country-tinged …
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Ex Hex: It’s Real review – a lacklustre follow-up
(Merge) One of the standout debuts of 2014, Ex Hex’s Rips was a joyful homage to late-70s/early-80s power-pop, most notably Cheap Trick and the Runaways. It also served as a good showcase for the talents of guitarist Mary Timony, once of Helium and fleetingly brilliant indie supergroup Wild Flag. The follow-up, long in gestation, fails …
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