The best K-pop albums of 2023 feature TXT and aespa's top songs, as (G)I-DLE, BTS Suga, NCT DREAM, ATEEZ, ONEW, WOODZ and V create musical worlds.
Amaarae’s second album makes a life of Henny-soaked hedonism and thotty trysts feel like a regular Tuesday. The singer alchemizes her Atlanta and Accra upbringing, melding Clipse samples, Japanese kotos, Afropop bliss, and bratty punk, binding it all together with her breathy, helium-high ...
they are everything all at once - pop, rock, soul, gospel, noise, hip-hop, and the list can probably go on.Heavy Heavyis no exception to the band’s genre-bending tradition. This is the 4th album by Young Fathers, and even though there was an initial moment of resistance from the ...
The smooth reggaetón influences on album opener “Watch Me Woo!” quickly set an intriguing soundscape, before moving into the album’s centerpiece in rock-pop single “Way 4 Luv.” Later tracks “From” and “Our Movie” keep the sentimentalism of the lead single: “From” highlights the ...
Crossover 2.0? Post-Hop? Hip-Punk? Don’t really know what they’re doing or how they’re doing it, but they are doing it perfectly right! BEING DEAD : when horses would run : Bayonet Records The Austin-based band has it all: psych, 60s backbeat, surf-rock, pop, jazz, lots of...
Amaarae’s second album makes a life of Henny-soaked hedonism and thotty trysts feel like a regular Tuesday. The singer alchemizes her Atlanta and Accra upbringing, melding Clipse samples, Japanese kotos, Afropop bliss, and bratty punk, binding it all together with her breathy, helium-high ...
2023 was pretty unique in terms of new punk releases. There was a ton a great music that came out, but in the latter half we had this mini pop punk revival where Blink-182 released their best album in literally 20 years, Sum 41 released a fantastic single for their upcoming double albu...
her unique artistry. In a world currently immersed in hyper-pop maximalism, her return serves as a poignant reminder of her distinctive allure and introduces a refreshing addition to her discography.The patience of her fans has been richly rewarded, as the album stands as a avant-pop master...
s a somber survey of a back catalogue that covers spiky post-punk, ghoulish blues rock, bubbly pop music, and esoteric experiments asthe duo reflectson theunexpected loss of founding member Andy Fletcher. A buffet of intriguing electronic sounds and textures, their 15th album is a reminder ...
The former Disney star surfs the wave of nostalgia for the pop-punk of the 1990s with a snappy, snarky second album. You can hear her love of Taylor Swift in some of the delivery; “Guts” also connects with an audience of young women s...