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Vampire Weekend: Fame & Theology
You’d think a song title that subverts the most popular song of the ‘00s could only mean fun Vampire Weekend, but here Ezra Koenig decided to go profound.
Charli XCX: True Romance
Charli XCX — much like Quentin Tarantino, writer of her album title’s namesake himself — is an era-appropriator who knows her pop culture well enough.
The Knife: Shaking the Habitual
The Knife stripped themselves of what they knew and reconstruct their sound with Shaking the Habitual.
DJ Koze: Amygdala
The record is named after the part of our brain that controls anxiety, fear, and depression. Despite that, in crafting Amygdala, Koze has made a techno record that is less about the dread and desolation of grimy, artful techno (think Andy Stott), but one that is a digital tableau of joy, whimsy, and humour.
Tyler, the Creator: Wolf
Wolf shows signs of growth but every time it reaches maturity, it quickly regresses to regular Tyler, the Creator.
Justin Timberlake: The 20/20 Experience
The 20/20 Experience is pop at its most ambitious. While it doesn’t always work, we commend JT for attempting to pull of such feat.
inc.: No World
Inc.’s no world is genre appropriation done technically right but still feels like genre tourism, which gives the record an off feeling
Autre Ne Veut: Anxiety
Come the late noughties till now, music historians might find it a bit difficult to label the current generation’s taste. If JUICE were to play the scholar role here though, we think today is the age of cultural appropriation.
Wild Belle: Isles
In an era when indie acts tend to adopt r’n’b and Atlantean trap-influenced drums, Wild Belle took a leftfield turn and decided to explore reggae. And until that catches up with the rest of the scene, they are a breath of fresh air.
Kool A.D.: 19 & 63
Whereas Heems’ solo tracks have underlying real world issues despite maintaining its humour (‘Soup Boys’), Kool A.D is busier trying to evoke Lil B’s ‘Ellen Degeneres’, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.