Consequence Of Sound

Four years after the self-titled debut of their PRhyme venture, Royce da 5’9” and DJ Premier reprise the project driven by the compositions of analog revivalist Adrian Younge, with their appropriately titled 2018 sophomore album, PRhyme 2, co-produced by criminally underrated, sample-shy Philadelphia native AntMan Wonder. The 17-track project is a booming treatise in line with Premier’s aesthetic that finds Nickel and Primo extending an olive branch to the mumble rap kings and other rising rap acts, who’ve been openly vilified by a large swath of rap’s old guard.An album review by Karas Lamb, read by Cap Blackard.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Jack White’s reverence for classic music of the past is still a big part of who is he here on Boarding House Reach; he’s just shifting focus with a more manic and multi-faceted approach. That’s not weird. That’s smart.An album review by Lina Lecaro.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Faced with a crossroads after the deaths of their two famed lead singers (Scott Weiland and Chester Bennington), the DeLeo brothers and drummer Eric Kretz opt to endure, recruiting former X-Factor runner-up Jeff Gutt for a collection of new material that attempts to honor the band's hard-rocking legacy while simultaneously pointing towards a new beginning. An album review by Robert Ham, read by Cap Blackard.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Considering how quickly young bands are expected to ripen to survive in our accelerated age, Sunflower Bean has done a remarkable job evolving from the uneasy steps of their first self-released tracks to this more steady and fleshed-out album.An album review by Robert Ham.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The Decemberists are taking a step out of their comfort zone with I’ll Be Your Girl, the band’s eighth full-length studio album, and the results are occasionally thrilling but more often either overdone or underworked.An album review by Kayleigh Hughes.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On their debut LP, Williamsburg psych punks Acid Dad polish up the shaggy weirdness of Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall with occasional flashes of Television's guitar tones and the Stone Roses' grinning nonchalance.An album review by Tyler Clark.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On American Utopia, David Byrne isn’t trying to make pop. He’s 65 years old, he’s got something to say, and he’s out of fucks to give. It’s a worthy effort from a living legend, full of songs that are at least interesting and at times breathtaking.An album review by Wren Graves.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The eight-track Royalty EP is the final installment in a trilogy of releases from EarthGang - a tie-dyed time capsule brimming with the moments, thoughts, and emotions that might plague any buzz-worthy artist on the verge of transitioning from internet fame to bona fide stardom.An album review by Karas Lamb.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Vallejo rap quartet SOB x RBE (the "x" is silent) capitalize on their standout collaboration with Kendrick Lamar on the Black Panther soundtrack, the frenzied "Paramedic!", with a second album that may as well be their first. Young, hungry, and ready to take on the world, Gangin' is that pivotal moment where they could evolve from stars in the making to just plain stars. Or supernovas.A review by Dan Caffrey.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

When everything’s clicking, Superorganism evokes the genre-hopping hooks of Weezer set against Animal Collective’s sonic experimentation as filtered through Architecture from Helsinki’s pop maximalism. Unlike other bands that flaunt a massive ensemble — looking at you, Polyphonic Spree — Superorganism really makes the most of their members. You can hear them on every song, and the result is a sense of community that's anything but intimate.A review by Randall Colburn.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

All Nerve finds The Breeders sounding more ecstatic and less restrained than anytime since Last Splash originally soaked the alt-rock scene. The album manages to do what Kim Deal’s ex-bandmates in Pixies have struggled with since returning to the recording studio: that is, sound like the band that fans first fell in love with without ignoring that decades of trials, experiences, and musical ideas have come and gone since then. A review by Matt Melis, read by Michael Roffman.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

After spending the last two years transforming his nightmare visions of our modern age and his internal agonies into razor wire post-punk, Moby is back in the business of electronic pop music. And what has poured out of him on his 15th studio album are equally dark visions rendered with music and performances that feel softer. Like the warm cushion of a goose down pillow as it settles on your face to suffocate you.A review by Robert Ham.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The Oscar-nominated score to Dunkirk, Hans Zimmer’s illustriously crafted and curated soundtrack score for the Christopher Nolan film, has been out for a while, but it’s still a powder keg of creative music-making for movies. As a feature of Nolan’s film, it’s bar none in its layering and execution - an accelerating symphony of ticks, tocks, jolts, melodies, and complimentary effects, Zimmer’s work is like a neurotic, overzealous character in the film. And it sets the mood in a big way.A review by Blake Goble.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In crafting the ephemeral summer of Call Me by Your Name,  Luca Guadignino assembled an eclectic soundtrack including everything from obscure European pop hits of the 80s, to modern classical compositions by composers such as John Adams and Ryuichi Sakamoto as well as original songs by Sufjan Stevens. An album review by Clint Worthington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In the fourth collaboration between Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, Greenwood replicates Phantom Thread’s golden age of couture with lavish strings that embolden the story but occasionally overshadow the unease at its emotional core.A review by Zack Ruskin.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The past is a funny and fickle thing; even as it shrinks to the size of a speck in the rear-view mirror, its contours shift and its lessons zoom into razor-sharp focus. Such is the experience of listening to Twin Fantasy, a sprawling, loosely conceptual rock album that reimagines an earlier effort Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo recorded at 19 on a cheap laptop. An album review by Collin BrennanLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Justin Vernon is re-releasing "For Emma, Forever Ago" on vinyl and CD to commemorate its ten-year anniversary. Vernon likely never imagined that these songs would make him as astronomically famous as they have. Ten years, two more albums and a few collaborations with Kanye West later, Vernon has distinguished himself as one of the most distinctive, original and essential voices of his musical generation. An album review by Katherine FlynnLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

A decade after their debut album, neo-psychedelic wunderkinds MGMT are back to reclaim their narrative. Little Dark Age is their first album in five years, and it follows two critically panned releases, both of which veered so far into zany art-rock experimentation it was hard for everyone but their core fanbase to keep up. Little Dark Age hews closer to traditional pop structures, making it their most accessible record since Oracular Spectacular. An album review by Sasha Geffen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

It’s more difficult than ever to call Tribulation simply a metal band. In their new record, "Down Below" their sound is much more subtle and daring, reaching out into the worlds of psychedelia, shoegaze and post-rock. An album review by Robert Ham.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Migos follows up their breakthrough smash, Culture, with a blockbuster sequel, a 105-minute epic, overloading the game with glossy anthems about shiny new jewelry. A review by Dan Weiss.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy