9SPIN Rating: 9 of 10Release Date: July 29, 2014Label: Sub PopNavigating through Lese Majesty, the new record from Shabazz Palaces, is kind of like adventuring…
7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: July 15, 2014Label: RCAEver since her days adding soulful gravitas to poet Natalie Stewart's gravely raps as part of…
Every musician has a secret (or not-so-secret, thanks to YouTube) past, when they were making mistakes, finessing a sound or playing guitars instead of synths.
8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: July 01, 2014Label: CapitolWith his sixth album Trigga, Trey Songz returns, ribald and ready, to swat middling crooners out…
5SPIN Rating: 5 of 10Release Date: June 17, 2014Label: CapitolFifteen years ago, having already earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress for her starring…
Don't ask Kaytranada to make another remix. The young Haitian-born, Montreal-based producer (real name Kevin Celestin) did indeed rise to international recognition by way of…
8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: April 08, 2014Label: XLNostalgia is so irritatingly inexorable it can resurrect even the nerdiest of musical subgenres: backpack rap.
It's almost as if Bill Salas thrives on the grind itself. Chicago-raised and Brooklyn-based, Salas — who has been producing and DJing as Brenmar since…
It wasn’t exactly the surprise it could have been. Two days after announcing their new album Glass Boys via a video trailer, Toronto’s hardcore heroes…
"Skeleton Key," by Boston-born, London-bred singer Kenzie May, opens with laughing voices raucously debating the difference between love and sex. It's a timeless back-and-forth that…
7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: January 14, 2014Label: DaptoneEuphoria is central to survival. What better way to keep on keepin' on than by experiencing…
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