Mary Sue and the Clementi Sound Appreciation Club question everything on ‘Porcelain Shield, Paper Sword’
June 12, 2025
Defying categorization at every turn, the collaborative album pushes forward, exploring and experimenting.
Defying categorization at every turn, the collaborative album pushes forward, exploring and experimenting.
The UK duo’s daring debut album could only have emerged from the depths of internet music culture.
Catchy and disorienting, energetic yet lethargic, luscious and mystifying but proudly lo-fi, delivered nonchalantly with tender passion.
The U.K.-based art rock band has quickly returned with another palpably moody gut-punch of an EP, driven by poetic world-building and electrifying musicianship.
The latest project continues the Oakland-based artist’s enduring sound made by floaty, sparse samples, distorted vocals, and intimate lyrics.
The Los Angeles-based duo takes listeners to church from the moment they hit play on their latest project.
His outfits, his lyrics, his beat selection, his style bear the marks of an outlandish artist who leaves a lasting impact.
The duo’s latest project maintains an emotional cohesion—an odd mood lingering somewhere between doom and the performance of a dancing jester.
Released on his label, Ruby Yacht, the rapper is growing his community while pushing his music in a personal and introspective direction.
The new album directly and sincerely reflects the Buffalo-based rapper’s reality—triumphant one moment, potentially tragic the next.
The UK-based rapper and visual artist is constantly moving and making his own rules to follow.
With the help of Blu and MED, the production duo formed a distinctive sense of self on their EP released today.
‘Mookie Blaylock’ is a fascinating conceptual record, full of hard hitting boom-bap and unexpected poignancy.
The compilation album features YUNGMORPHEUS, Chris Keys, Paradime, Kamaal Williams, Apollo Brown, L’Orange, Namir Blade, Danny Brown, Nolan, and more.
Luscious and bold production compliments YUNGMORPHEUS’ distinctive rap style throughout his latest album.
It’s high energy, exciting electronic music from a producer with evident passion and a distinctive creative voice.
Freespottie’s strong production combines well with verses from himself and Chebba on the duo’s first collaboration.
The duo’s second collaborative album shows mastery and maturity from both artists.
Sideshow and his group of producers have crafted an abstract and choppy soundscape full of soul samples and introspective lyricism.
The Oakstop Alliance have curated a strong series of tracks which have frequent stand-out moments and a good mix of high energy songs and mellow mood pieces.
A look back review of Demahjiae’s 2020 release, “And, Such is Life.”
‘WHAT A LIFE’ acts as a mosaic of contemporary rap styles. Throughout this collection of music Clark D maintains a style that is his own through his introspective style and his baroque, genre-blending approach to producing.
Homeboy Sandman packs his lyrics with impressive flows, great one-liners and important lessons over a wide variety of smooth, abstract beats on his new record.
