Roundups

  • The Best New Hip-Hop This Week | UPROXX
  • New releases out today: John Glacier, Horsegirl, Kelela, Richard Dawson and more | Nialler9
  • New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 14 | NPR
  • The Contenders, Vol. 3: The songs we can't stop playing this week | NPR
  • Album Reviews: John Glacier, Venturing (Jane Remover), Church Tongue, more | BrooklynVegan
  • 11 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Drake, Skaiwater, and More | Pitchfork
  • New Music Friday: The best new music released this week - Remixd Magazine | REMIXD MAGAZINE
  • Best New Music: Tracks, Albums & Reissues | Pitchfork
  • 13 must-listen new albums from Mereba, John Glacier, Westside Gunn and more | HYFIN
  • New Music Friday: New Albums From Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR, Westside Gunn, Coi Leray & More | HipHopDX
  • New Albums & Music Reviews | Pitchfork
  • Crucial Releases for February 7 | Crucial Tracks
  • What We’re Listening To: February 2025 | BeatRoute

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    Today's new articles

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    • Neu bei FFH: Loi mit "Left In Your Love" | HIT RADIO FFH
      • „Durch den Song haben mein Vater und ich uns ausgesprochen und sind uns viel nähergekommen," erzählt Künstlerin LOI über ihre neue Single. Noch mehr
    • PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake – $ome $exy $ongs 4 U | Clash Magazine
      • As a Valentine’s drop for fans, it’s an album that should please whatever remains of the hardcore. The two have long worked out what hits for them, and what doesn’t – ‘CN Tower’ is a prime opener, while the ‘luxe introspection of ‘CRYING IN CHANEL’ is vintage Drake. ... Marnz Malone – Sabr. Reviews / ClashMusic / 14 · 02 ...
    • Mereba Announces New Album ‘The Breeze Grew A Fire’ | Clash Magazine
      • Mereba has announced her brand new album ‘The Breeze Grew A Fire’, out February 14th. The Alabama artist makes her Secretly Canadian debut, on a project reflecting her experience of motherhood. Across the thirteen-track project Mereba taps into her inner child exploring themes of resilience, nostalgia, romantic and familial relationships.
    • Mereba - The Breeze Grew a Fire | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News ... | Clash Magazine
      • Southern-bred alternative RnB singer-songwriter Mereba delivers an air of maturity and self-actualisation on sophomore album, ‘ The Breeze Grew a Fire ’.The project’s ethos of honouring nostalgia and inseparable relationships came from Mereba’s need to reconnect with her inner child; an exploration of new lived experiences, much of it predicated around motherhood, familial folklore ...
    • MADVILLAIN 'MADVILLAINY DEMOS' | PALMSPREE - Records, Books and Beyond
      • In 2002, before Madlib and MF DOOM finished Madvillainy, the first demo sequence of the album leaked online – early vocal cuts from DOOM, recorded then quickly mixed in LA at Madlib’s Bomb Shelter studio. The leak spread around the world, and while the tracks may have been unfinished, it was clear t
    • Album Review: MIKE - Showbiz! | Black Rhino
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    • The Lumineers’ “Automatic” album review  | Her Campus | Created for Gen Z, By Gen Z. | Feb. 19, 2025, 7 p.m.
      • The Lumineers are one of my lifelong passions. Their debut, self-titled, album frequently featured on my dad’s Pandora station, so I often heard them around the house.
    • The Lumineers’ new album is an “Automatic” hit! | THE HERALD | Feb. 19, 2025, noon
      • COURTESY OF GENIUS.COM The Lumineers’ fifth album, “Automatic,” is out and it was an automatic joy! Now, my experience with these Denver folk-rockers is limited, with their hit “Ophelia” being the …
    • The Lumineers deliver folk-pop perfection with ‘Automatic’ | The Daily Northwestern | Feb. 19, 2025, 6:59 a.m.
      • Folk-pop duo Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites, founding members of The Lumineers, celebrated 20 years of songwriting together with the release of “Automatic” on Friday. The album delivers a blend of the band’s stomp-and-holler classics and heartbreaking ballads that embody The Lumineers’ beloved folk rhythms and lyrics while exploring modern themes. “Automatic” marks The Lumineers’...
    • ALBUM REVIEW: Lacuna Coil - Sleepless Empire | The Rockpit | Feb. 19, 2025, 12:41 a.m.
      • I first saw Lacuna Coil years ago at the House of Blues in Las Vegas,  it was a packed house and a great night, ad I’ve seen them at every opportunity since. There’s a few [...]
    • Mereba's 'The Breeze Grew a Fire' Is a Breath of Fresh Air | Exclaim! | Feb. 18, 2025, midnight
      • The Breeze Grew a Fire marries these elemental features of Mereba's compositions in more relaxed, often guitar-driven arrangements than its predecessors, 2019's wide-ranging The Jungle Is the Way ...
    • Marnz Malone - Sabr | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews ... | Clash Magazine | Feb. 17, 2025, 10:37 a.m.
      • It’s clear to see why Marnz Malone continues to buzz but although high quality, ‘Sabr’ does leave space for the boundaries to be pushed. Born in Jamaica, his aptitude for wordplay is like that of his many forefathers, so if there are more layers to Marnz … it is an exciting notion. 7/10. Words: Shanté Collier-McDermott —
    • SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: LACUNA COIL - SLEEPLESS EMPIRE | The Spill Magazine | Feb. 14, 2025, 5:02 a.m.
      • LACUNA COIL SLEEPLESS EMPIRE CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS Lacuna Coil released their debut album in 1999 (In A Reverie) even though the Milan-based band had formed in 1994. Sleepless Empire is their tenth album, and their first studio release since 2019’s Black Anima. With Sleepless Empire they are not looking to change their sound or go […]
    • Mereba: The Breeze Grew a Fire Album Review | Pitchfork | Feb. 14, 2025, midnight
      • The Los Angeles-based singer, guitarist, and rapper finds refuge on her second solo album, buoyed by looser arrangements and immediate, declarative songwriting. ... Mereba: The Breeze Grew a Fire ...
    • Mereba Interview: 'The Breeze Grew A Fire' | UPROXX | Feb. 12, 2025, 3:55 p.m.
      • When Mereba named her new album The Breeze Grew A Fire, she had no idea how prophetic those words would turn out to be. The nomadic R&B singer has resided in Los Angeles for the past...
    • Review: "Left in Your Love" - Loi | Pop Passion Blog | Jan. 29, 2025, 8:39 p.m.
      • Loving someone who doesn’t love you in the same way is a one way ticket to heartbreak. You give your all but they only give small doses in return just to keep you hooked to them. It’s a tough situation to get out of because no matter how little they give, you take it and force yourself to believe it’s enough. But once they decide you’re not enough, they leave and you’re left to question why you still care when they clearly never did. Loi released her new song “Left in Your Love” about the afterm
    • HUNXHO - For Us (Album Review) | Ratings Game Music | Jan. 25, 2025, 3:22 p.m.
      • For Us album blends hip-hop, R&B, classical music, and piano scores, showcasing Hunxho's laidback charisma and creating a unique, standout sound.
    • Mereba Shares 'Phone Me' Video Ahead Of New Album | UPROXX | Jan. 23, 2025, midnight
      • With her new album The Breeze Grew A Fire coming out next month, R&B singer-songwriter Mereba shared the video for single “Phone Me.” “This song is a sisterhood/friendship anthem...

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