Baby Keem, Ca$ino ⭐️⭐️❌❌❌ Baby Keem is back with a new album. This is his first since 2021’s The Melodic Blue. So, it’s been quite awhile, especially for such an up and coming artist who is still trying to find his sound and place. But anyways, lack of prolific-ness aside, I do think that on this album he is still searching for his sound. He packed this pretty short and compact album full of different styles. Most of them really work, but it feels like it’s less of an exercise in versatility and just kind of him trying different things...

Charli xcx, Wuthering Heights ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Charli xcx is having a hell of a year. Her new mockumentary, The Moment, just came out, and now she’s dropped this album. It’s billed as a soundtrack to the new Wuthering Heights film, but it is really just a new Charli album. The film might be polarizing, but this album should not be. As I alluded to just then, this album is great. I’ll just get that out of the way up top. Listening to this album is a visceral experience at times. Starting with the first track, the very ominous “House featuring John...

Puscifer, Normal Isn’t ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❌ Puscifer is back with a new album. Puscifer is a great band name, by the way. Sometimes I’ll see people online saying it’s a bad band name, or it’s cringe. I completely disagree. Also, I’m guessing these people have never tried to think up a band name. Go ahead and try it. But anyways, this album is dark, moody, a slow burn, and surprisingly, above all else, pretty funny. The music is very gothic inspired. It’s fairly lowkey and subdued, but not to the point of being boring. No, there’s plenty of interesting stuff going on...

Beck, Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❌ Beck is back with a surprise release. This is a new compilation of love songs just in time for Valentine’s Day. Included is “Ramona” which of course was released on the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World soundtrack. Confession: I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen that full movie. But anyways, this is all covers, except the aforementioned “Ramona.” Beck’s choices of covers here are an eclectic bunch, as you would probably expect, but he does them all justice. He never really radically reworks them musically or melodically, but rather faithfully takes them and just...