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Current Album & Song Reviews

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Updated: Dec 20, 2025 Format: Quick Takes Theme: Starburst

Album Reviews On Repeat

Rosalía — LUX

Critic score: 8.6 ShowBiz: ★★★★½ Best for: Big-feeling “headphones cinema”

Operatic pop with a fearless sense of scale—romance, religion, and genre whiplash that somehow lands as one cohesive statement.

Standout moment: When the strings go full cathedral and her voice stays human-sized.

Max Jaffe — You Want That Too!

Critic score: 7.6 ShowBiz: ★★★★ Best for: Late-night “keep rewinding” listening

A shape-shifting set that lives at the border between jazz and electronic music—rhythms that pivot mid-thought and still feel inevitable.

Standout moment: When the groove snaps into half-time and the track suddenly breathes differently.

Armand Hammer & The Alchemist — Mercy

Critic score: 8.0 ShowBiz: ★★★★½ Best for: Bars you’ll quote later

Heavy themes, sharper focus—Alchemist production that feels tense and cinematic, with woods/Elucid writing like the room’s on fire.

Standout moment: The beats that sound “quiet,” but leave you on edge anyway.

Black Eyes — Hostile Design

Critic score: 7.7 ShowBiz: ★★★★ Best for: Rage cardio

Controlled chaos with new dubby patience—still furious, but now the groove is part of the weapon.

Standout moment: When the echo trails stretch the anger into something hypnotic.

Tems — Love Is a Kingdom (EP)

Critic score: 7.6 ShowBiz: ★★★★ Best for: Soft armor R&B

A lean, intimate project where rhythm does the talking—log drums, 808s, and Tems’ voice sounding like it’s lit from inside.

Standout moment: Hooks that repeat like mantras, not shortcuts.

Shlohmo — Repulsor

Critic score: 7.0 ShowBiz: ★★★½ Best for: Distortion therapy

An aggressive, overdriven pivot—beats pushed into the red until they start to glow. Not “relaxing,” but very alive.

Standout moment: The drop that feels like a door slamming in slow motion.


Song Reviews Fresh Picks

DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ — “Rainfalls”

ShowBiz: ★★★★★ Vibe: Glittery maximalism Best for: Cleaning your apartment like it’s a rave

A skyscraper track that keeps finding new rooms—samples, pianos, and a four-on-the-floor pulse that refuses to sit still.

Doll Spirit Vessel — “Godless”

ShowBiz: ★★★★ Vibe: Candlelight tension Best for: Night drives, rainy windows

A hushed comeback that grows by inches—voice and guitar first, then strings and chimes drifting in like fog.

FLO — “Recently Deleted”

ShowBiz: ★★★★½ Vibe: Sweet sting Best for: Texting “I’m fine” (you’re not)

Velvety production, sharp hook writing—breakup drama that lands like sugar, then lingers like smoke.

more eaze — “bad friend”

ShowBiz: ★★★★ Vibe: Ambient heart bruise Best for: Quiet spirals

Three blurry minutes where country, pop, and ambient melt together—soft chaos, sad clarity.

Triples — “Be Around”

ShowBiz: ★★★★ Vibe: Crush rush Best for: Walking too fast in public

Bright, punchy indie-pop that lets ecstasy and unease sit in the same chorus—messy feelings, clean momentum.