Jungle Are Brilliant at Mixing Vintage and Contemporary Sounds
Jungle’s Sunshine is sincerely life-affirming, like being splashed with a bucketful of light during a time when darkness is much easier to come by.
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The Past Is Prologue for the Family on ‘Delusions of Grandeur’
The Family’s Delusions of Grandeur is a portrait of the COVID era, from its beginning to the present, showing the future has already passed.
Cautious Clay Conceptually Completes His Non-Linear ‘Hours’ Trilogy
R&B artist Cautious Clay’s The Hours: High Noon delivers a deeply resonant reflection on daily life and time passing.
Tekno Returns to What He Knows Best on ‘Where Did Love Go?’
The most striking thing about Tekno’s Where Did Love Go? isn’t that he sounds unaware of the changes in Afrobeats, but that he seems comfortable ignoring them.
The Spirit of Redbone’s Ghost Dance at Wounded Knee
“We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee” was omitted from Redbone’s 1973 US-version album Wovoka, but it was top of the charts in parts of Europe.
Loathe Lace Metal with Soul on ‘A Stranger to You’
Loathe changed the face of metal six years ago. With a new sound in tow, are they still capable of reaching those heights with A Stranger to You?
Grey DeLisle and Les Greene Join Forces for ‘Grey & Greene’
Grey DeLisle and Les Greene create one of her most immediately exciting works, and the genre-crossing keeps it entertaining throughout.
The ‘World Cup 2026 Album’ Puts Afrobeats at the Center
Football is the world’s game because everyone can play it. The best moments on the Official FIFA World Cup 2026 Album understand that pop is, finally, the same.
Thundercat’s Humor Undermines an Otherwise Radiant LP
By not fully letting his guard down, the genre-bending bass virtuoso Thundercat fails to harmonize with the profound beauty of his songs.
Ghost Hounds Party Like Its 1969 with “Gimme Shelter”
Ghost Hounds’ cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” evokes the feeling that we’re on the edge of something dangerous.
Wesley Joseph Is a Hugely Talented New Musical Voice
Wesley Joseph creates a sweeping, ambitious collection of tracks that serves as a vivid self-portrait of a hugely talented new voice in British music.
Mr Eazi and King Promise Document a Long Kinship
Mr Eazi and King Promise’s See What We’ve Done lands like a pulse check: messy, breathing, and defiantly human.