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On the group’s new LP Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine, the daring hip-hop collective are reunited once more, searching for hope in the face of darkness and personal tragedy.
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12 years out from their debut, Real Estate’s latest is less an attempt at renewed purpose and more a faint reflection of past, present and future. It’s perfectly passable, but it doesn’t quite hit the same.
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Fans of Julien Baker will be pleased to know that her shows will never be quite the same — for the better.
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There isn’t any one clear moment that rises above the rest on Green to Gold, no overwhelming intensity anywhere to be found.
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Music beat reporters Vincent Tran and Taila Lee are here to recommend a few highlights you might’ve missed in the music world this past month.
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Every string I strum, each note and each new chord I discover helps remind me that even in quarantine, there’s still a lot of life out there to be lived.
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While an upgrade from their previous streak of albums ranging from bad to abysmal, When You See Yourself is the sound of resignation from tired artists churning out new music long after they’ve run out of creative steam.
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Frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt’s typically Draculian vocals are cold and clear in the mix, accompanied by blown-out backing vocals in the chorus.
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Baker’s latest is a gut punch that comes out swinging, once again providing some of the most cathartic indie rock in the game, as well as her most anthemic songs to date.
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For the first time on a JPEGMAFIA release, the production can be described as elegant and occasionally euphoric, serving as auditory relief from the relentlessly gloomy themes.
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