Review of ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ by Tyler, the Creator

The new Tyler record is predominantly a rap record (opposed to Igor which felt more like an r&b record). A lot of ideas get thrown at the wall, but most of them stick.

Review of 'Mood Valiant' by Hiatus Kaiyote

 

Hiatus Kaiyote return with some catchy and vulnerable neo-soul jams.

Review of ‘Planet Her’ by Doja Cat

Doja Cat’s new intergalactic sex album is enjoyably raunchy – even if it’s not as musically adventurous as I’d hoped.

Review of 'Justice' by Justin Bieber

Christian pop, weed anthems and a Martin Luther King speech. What is going on?

Review of 'Dark Lane Demo Tapes' by Drake

Does the world really need another Drake album?

Review of '3:15:20' by Childish Gambino

Childish Gambino loves to surprise the hell out of his fans.

Review of ‘After Hours’ by The Weeknd

Tesfaye’s new album is more tender - but also more tedious.

Review of 'Changes' by Justin Bieber

Bieber’s attempt at a sexy r&b album has failed to turn me on.

Review of 'All My Heroes Are Cornballs' by JPEGMAFIA

Have I got two tabs of music playing? Has my computer crashed? No, it’s just the new JPEGMAFIA album playing.

Review of 'Cuz I Love You' by Lizzo

Lizzo’s new pop album is more infectious than malaria.

Review of 'Igor' by Tyler, the Creator

Tyler’s new album is a grower.

Review of 'Assume Form' by James Blake

James Blake’s new album is soppier and poppier - and sadly less enjoyable.

Review of 'Scorpion' by Drake

Drake’s new double album is a drag.

Review of 'Cocoa Sugar' by Young Fathers

Eclectic Edinburgh experimentalists Young Fathers attempt to make music that’s more ‘normal’.

Double Review: 'Starboy' by The Weeknd and 'Awaken! My Love' by Childish Gambino

In my attempts to catch up with 2016’s busy bombardment of albums, I give you this two-in-one r&b special review of The Weeknd’s Starboy and Childish Gambino’s Awaken! My Love.

INTRODUCING: Ehiorobo

Meet Ehiorobo.

Review of 'Blonde' by Frank Ocean

Hooks? Percussion? Who needs that shit? Not Frank Ocean.

Review of 'Freetown Sound' by Blood Orange

Dev Hynes is the kind of guy who likes to keep changing up his style. Metaphorically speaking, he’s the kind of guy who never wears the same dress twice. Literally speaking, he’s the kind of guy who’d probably never wear a dress in the first place. But let’s not get ourselves sidetracked with cross-dressing analogies…

Review of 'Views' by Drake

He must have taken the wrong staircase. How else did he get all the way up there on top of the CN Tower? Somewhere along the line Drake has got a little lost.

Review of 'Anti' by Rihanna

Everyone’s favourite Bajan fashion icon and chart-topper Rihanna has decided to go ‘alternative’. It seems no pop star wants to release a yucky pop album any more. Lady Gaga showed she’d had enough when she dropped the vaguely arty Artpop. Beyoncé followed swiftly after with her self-titled progressive r&b record – many songs getting lyrically personal and extending the five minute mark. And who could forget Miley’s more recent exploration into psychadelia featuring The Flaming Lips and a song about a dead blowfish?