Kendrick Lamar - "The Blacker The Berry"

TDE's Kendrick Lamar gives us another taste of his forthcoming album with "The Blacker the Berry." It's a lyrically nuanced portrayal of one character's reaction to the racial tensions that boiled over for much of 2014.

Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter 3: River Run Thee

The latest installment of Matana Roberts' Coin Coin series shifts the narrative down a drone-laden, cluttered pathway.

Belle and Sebastian - Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

Glasgow indie pop veterans Belle and Sebastian release their danciest, punchiest album yet.

D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah

After 15 years of studio album silence, D'Angelo returns with a fantastic comeback record.

YUNOREVIEW: DECEMBER 2014

The magical monthly segment where I briefly touch down on a gauntlet of albums I didn't get a chance to review this past month. These are just my short, straightforward, passionate, biased opinions. Beyond Creation - Earthborn Evolution Parkay Quarts - Content Nausea The Neighbourhood - #000000 & #FFFFFF Taylor Swift - 1989 Charli XCX - Sucker Blockhead - Bells and Whistles The Budos Band - Burnt Offering Savages & Bo Ningen - Words To The Blind Gazelle Twin - Unflesh MONO - Rays of Darkness / The Last Dawn Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies PRhyme - S/T Theophilus London - Vibes

Hail Mary Mallon - Bestiary

Despite their immense talents, Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic orchestrate a relatively unrewarding esoteric lyricism slugfest on their sophomore album as Hail Mary Mallon.

Death Grips - "Inanimate Sensation"

Death Grips drop a new single to tease toward the second half of their yet-to-be-completed double album, The Powers That B.

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways

Foo Fighter's match this album's ambitious concept with some generally uninteresting songs.