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Becky G’s ESQUEMAS teaches us that the only time you should be looking back is if you’re looking at yourself in the mirror. The result of this self-reflection is her most personal, confessional album yet. “Look back at it / lights, camera, action, / Definitely the best of the scene,” says Mexican-American singer Becky G on the break of Chicken Noodle Soup — her 347-million … [Read more...] about Becky G: ESQUEMAS – Review

The Black Keys’ eleventh album is a time capsule contained in ten songs. For some people, The Black Keys have been the best thing to come out of Ohio since corn. “America’s most trusted band,” according to Stephen Colbert, have returned just before the twentieth anniversary of their first-ever album, The Big Come Up, to release their eleventh: Dropout Boogie. It’s an album … [Read more...] about The Black Keys: Dropout Boogie – Review

Californian native Kehlani approaches the spring-summer season in style with their sensual third album, blue water road. Six years after hitting big with the Suicide Squad soundtrack’s fourth lead single, Gangsta, Kehlani has made a change with the far less reckless blue water road. The album strikes a deft balance between the hard-hitting hip-hop beats of the singer’s 2020 … [Read more...] about Kehlani: blue water road – Review

Australian singer-songwriter Hatchie hatches from her shell with her sophomore album, Giving The World Away. Following the critical acclaim met by her dream-pop debuts, Sugar & Spice and Keepsake, Brisbane-born musician Harriette Pilbeam—better known as Hatchie—hit a creative block, torn as she was between the desire to stop and self-reflect, and the drive to keep … [Read more...] about Hatchie: Giving The World Away – Review

Swedish House Mafia’s debut studio album, Paradise Again, is big room house made for playing at home. Fourteen years after their formation as a group, and ten after the release of their last compilation album (Until Now), electro-house trio Swedish House Mafia return with their first-ever studio album, Paradise Again. Its opening track, Time featuring Swedish-American … [Read more...] about Swedish House Mafia: Paradise Again – Review

Lights brings her light to the post-pandemic darkness with her new album, PEP. Five years after the release of her comic-book-based album Skin & Earth, Canadian alt-pop artist Lights returns with her fifth studio album, PEP. The 13-song album is also accompanied by another comic book instalment, entitled The Clinic, again written and illustrated entirely by the … [Read more...] about Lights: PEP – Album Review