YUNOREVIEW: June 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.

Fucked Up - Glass Boys Fire! Orchestra - Enter Cormorant - Earth Driver Venetian Snares - My Love Is A Bulldozer Antlers - Familiars First Aid Kit - Stay Gold 50 Cent - Animal Ambition Keaton Henson - Romantic Works

Additional reviews: Every Time I Die - From Parts Unknown Linkin Park - .....sorta... Anathema - Distant Satellites Cakes Da Killa - Hunger Pangs G-Eazy - These Things Happen

letlive. - The Blackest Beautiful

While I think California's letlive. has pulled together some intense performances on this new album of theirs, the obnoxious vocal harmonies and poppy appeals keeps this album's thrill short-lived.

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Autopsy - The Headless Ritual

While Autopsy is sounding much heavier on The Headless Ritual, these death metal veterans just didn't seem to put in the songwriting effort that they did on their last full-length, Macabre Eternal.

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James Holden - The Inheritors

Even though I'm not completely in love with the new James Holden album, I am impressed by the simultaneously primeval and futuristic vibe he's been able to evoke on most of the tracks here.

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Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail

Jay-Z returns to putting out rap albums with Maga Carta... Holy Grail, and raps about as well as you'd expect at this point in his career over some pretty fresh production.

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Billy Woods - Dour Candy

D.C. rapper Billy Woods comes through with a Blockhead-produced project that might be more autobiographical than he lets on.

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Joey Bada$$ - Summer Knights

New York rapper Joey Bada$$ follows up his infamous 1999 mixtape with a collection of tracks that feel more like a sequel from Pro Era's recently released PEEP: The aPROcalypse mixtape. Still a solid effort, though.

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Locrian - Return to Annihilation

Chicago experimental rock group Locrian creates some evocative sounds on a rough recording. I just wish their melodies and songwriting were as gripping as their moody, apocalyptic aesthetic.

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