Review of LYFESTYLEby Yeat (listen)

The enigma born Noah Olivier Smith—better known as Yeat, to use the word “known” loosely—broke through in 2021 as a maverick of rage-rap. These days, the 24-year-old exists in his own orbit entirely, recording and engineering his own songs that are possibly informed by extraterrestrial wisdom and rife with bizarro ad-lib soundscapes, dystopian-sounding beats, and non sequiturs that could either

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Review of GLORIOUS by GloRilla (listen)

GLORIOUS - GloRilla

The scrappy Memphis rapper has been on a two-year victory lap since her 2022 breakthrough hit “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” established her as one of rap’s most promising new voices. Since then, GloRilla’s dropped an EP (2022’s Anyways, Life’s Great…) and her first studio mixtape (2024’s Ehhthang Ehhthang), scored a Grammy nomination, and sold out arenas alongside Megan Thee Stallion for

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Review of the new album ‘Cowboys And Dreamers’ by George Strait (listen)

Review of the new album 'Cowboys And Dreamers' by George Strait (listen)

The secret to George Strait’s soothing, “traditional” country isn’t tradition, it’s modesty. Never does he boast or get wild or throw his weight around, nor does he ever fall for trends, giving his plainness a Zenlike heft. He’s likable but a little quiet. You’d trust him with your car. To note that Cowboys and Dreamers marks his fifth decade in

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