My New Band Believes
My New Band Believe
On My New Band Believe, Picton & co reaches their highest power when they unleash chaos, making for a compelling debut that thrives off of a maximalist approach to pop music
Far Out
Earl Sweatshirt / MIKE / Surf Gang
POMPEII // UTILITY
Historically, Earl and MIKE’s songs have been studies in contrast with oft-beautiful results. But their collaborative album doesn’t work that way. With flows set over glacial beats, almost every song is in the same color
Paste Magazine
Soldiers Of Fortune
Early Risers
Two of this century’s coldest, most martyrial rap auteurs flex new muscles over a decent batch of ambient plugg beats
Pitchfork
Earl Sweatshirt / MIKE / Surf Gang
POMPEII // UTILITY
Across 33 tracks, two kindred voices split destruction and reconstruction, fusing hazy soul with cold, industrial edge
NME
Earl Sweatshirt / MIKE / Surf Gang
POMPEII // UTILITY
Earl’s post-Odd Future career swerved the mainstream to follow the path laid out by NYC underground rapper Mike, and their first double album lets both shine
The Guardian
Earl Sweatshirt / MIKE / Surf Gang
POMPEII // UTILITY
By the end of MIKE’S POMPEII, the rapper has shown a range of styles, flows and cadences that perhaps doubters wouldn’t have thought he was capable of on SURF GANG productions. Sweatshirt’s UTILITY, whilst treading new production ground, still feels quintessentially him
The Quietus
Thundercat
Distracted
Distracted works so well because it’s loaded with the contradictions of his personality (or perhaps his pop persona), both sonically and lyrically
Spectrum Culture
Raye
This Music May Contain Hope
If you were in an ungenerous mood then you’d say it’s all a bit much. It’s not just the kitchen sink; it’s the whole house here. An assault of the senses in many ways. But if ever an artist deserved to choose to do whatever they wanted, it’s Raye
God Is In The TV
Courtney Barnett
Creature of Habit
Tune out the negative voices and when moments of garden variety joy present themselves, recognize and relish them for the outsize gift they truly are
Under The Radar
My New Band Believes
My New Band Believe
Fans will detect familiar ideas, though they’re expressed with a different vocabulary
Slant Magazine
Wendy Eisenberg
Wendy Eisenberg
On a daring new album, the singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso examines happiness, love, and memory with a forensic curiosity
Pitchfork
Wendy Eisenberg
Wendy Eisenberg
Eisenberg has crafted an intriguing and enjoyable album, its unconventional arrangements and phenomenal lyrics both ghostlike in their delicacy and bold in their willingness to push musical boundaries
Under The Radar