Spectrum Culture

• Oneohtrix Point Never: Tranquilizer | Spectrum Culture | Dec. 5, 2025, 6:06 a.m.
Daniel Lopatin seems eager to play tricks on our brains again with Tranquilizer, yet he also seems more aware than ever about the impermanence of his work.

• Colter Wall: Memories and Empties | Spectrum Culture | Nov. 26, 2025, 6:05 a.m.
On Memories and Empties, Colter Wall is ready for stardom, but the stardom of the '60s or '70s — these are songs for old honky-tonks and for life on the road.

• Del Water Gap: Chasing the Chimera | Spectrum Culture | Nov. 20, 2025, 6:04 a.m.
Strong lyricism that grapples with the struggle to find love and one’s place in the world, Chasing the Chimera is a welcome effort from Del Water Gap.

• Danny Brown: Stardust | Spectrum Culture | Nov. 13, 2025, 6:04 a.m.
By inviting the modern world in once again on the fascinating and physically moving Stardust, Danny Brown keeps his work cutting-edge, staying as far ahead of everyone else as he was ten years ago.

• Armand Hammer & the Alchemist: Mercy | Spectrum Culture | Nov. 12, 2025, 6:05 a.m.
On their dour new album, Mercy, Armand Hammer, the duo consisting of billy woods and Elucid, and legendary producer the Alchemist demonstrate hip-hop mastery.

• The Weeknd: Hurry Up Tomorrow | Spectrum Culture | Feb. 10, 2025, 6:06 a.m.
Hurry Up Tomorrow feels like Tesfaye’s attempt at summing up everything that was great about the Weeknd as a project, but unfortunately, it’s clear that no one ever brought a knife to the recording sessions.

• FKA twigs: Eusexua | Spectrum Culture | Jan. 29, 2025, 6:04 a.m.
Using classic dancefloor sounds, FKA twigs captures the volatile energy of a night at the club.

• Ethel Cain: Perverts | Spectrum Culture | Jan. 10, 2025, 6:06 a.m.
If Preacher’s Daughter was the sound of someone barely holding things together, then Perverts is the sound of that same person letting things fall apart completely.

• Michael Kiwanuka: Small Changes | Spectrum Culture | Nov. 15, 2024, 6:04 a.m.
Michael Kiwanuka has always been most comfortable in the reflective quiet that sits beneath even his rowdiest cuts. Small Changes finally sees him lead with it.