Sunday, October 02, 2022

With '$oul $old $eparately,' Freddie Gibbs cashes in on his cachet

Gibbs is so skilled in the booth you have to meet him halfway to extract the penitence and sorrow in the marrow of some of these songs.

Forget what F. Scott Fitzgerald said about American lives and second acts, Gibbs is on his third or fourth. $$$ is a rewarding listen that sometimes labors under the weight of a forced progression.

(Image credit: Nick Walker)



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Saturday, October 01, 2022

Fungi served as Bjork's latest muse in her new album, 'Fossora'

Bjork's Fossora peers down into the soil, in a love letter to fungi. "Bubbly and fun" is how she describes her new album.



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