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review‘BOXCUTTER’ finds Ra Washington singing his way out of America’s voidThe prolific rapper, producer, musician, artist, and label boss of Cleveland Tapes’ latest release is not soul music that asks…
reviewMind Mirage’s ‘Chaos Carousel’ heals the mind through musicThe Oakland-based artist's latest album sings its way through the never-ending nightmare we’re living in.
reviewLiv.e wears her cold heart on her sleeve on ‘PAST FUTUR.e’The Dallas-based producer and singer’s latest album is a scathing hell ride, reflecting what happens when the good girl only…
reviewPrivativa’s ‘sparkling water’ feels like a faded memory we can play pretend inThe Boston-based artist and their debut album is an enigma that sentimentally showcases childhood experiences through classic internet aesthetics and…
reviewØKSE pushes jazz even further on self-titled debutThe backwoodz studioz's jazz supergroup blends hip-hop, jazz, and electronica so well that it can be hard to separate.
reviewDawuna’s ‘Southside Bottoms’ lays down high register soul on a bed of introspectionFrom fending off racism to falsetto radicalism, the latest album by the Baltimore-born, Brooklyn-based artist hits all the right notes.
reviewJust like its mythical half-human and half-bull namesake, Tex Patrello’s debut album is angelic yet primal‘Minotaur’ draws you in with intricate melodies and ethereal vocals before confronting you with haunting contortions of art pop.
review‘Fiction Prediction’ is dystopian futurism according to Planet BTo listen to a punk project is to listen to a dystopian future spat back at a world that either…
reviewOn Venus Kii Thomas’ ‘faggot,’ sensualism is xyr revolutionThe Baltimore artist's latest opus is an audio meditation on both freedom and one's bodily senses.
review‘CHATTY MANDRILL VOLUME III’ is Zachary James Watkins’ exercise in unifying normally clashing soundsLike the latest album's art, the Oakland experimental producer combines multiple genres without disrupting the overall beauty.
reviewOn ‘CIVIC TAPE,’ J. Fisher builds a world of his own while confronting his demonsListening to the Michigan-based rapper, producer, and leader of the Hidden Garden Cult's latest "data-crunched" project is like being a…
reviewCain Culto’s ‘O ω O’ brews trouble with a side of social commentaryJuggling afrobeat and electronic with equal ease, Cain Culto's refusal to be stereotyped takes pride in the blithe.