Opening this new question for people to request notable albums released this year that they feel merit a review, just to help AllMusic keep track - the final decision will of course be up the editors, whom I'd like to thank in advance for their generally excellent reviews and much-appreciated efforts to keep up!
I hope someone will still find a moment for David Murray's new album 'Birdly Serenade'. His recent output has been very favorable reviewed at AllMusic.
I hope someone will still find a moment for Djrum's 'Under Tangled Silence' and DJ Koze's 'Music Can Hear Us'.
Really enjoying that Djrum record - one of the best electronic releases of the year so far. Would be intrigued to read what AllMusic's resident electronic music experts have to say about this one too.
I think this would be a fine time to review the 'Gangster Music' trilogy.
I hope someone will still find a moment for Sherelle's 'With a Vengeance'. Her Fabric mix was very warmly received on AllMusic.
I hope someone will still find a moment for The Vernon Spring's 'Under a Familiar Sun'.
I hope someone will still find a moment for Chaos in the CBD's 'A Deeper Life'.
I hope someone will still find a moment for Sault's '10', which isn't even listed on AllMusic yet.
Not had much luck with these requests but here goes: would anyone consider reviewing the album Constant Noise by a new act that calls themselves Benefits? It's an uncoventional yet fun record, with a unique sound that defies catagorization. Your writers might enjoy it!
I hope someone will still find a moment for Sextile's 'Yes, Please'.
I hope someone will still find a moment for Marc Ribot's 'Map of a Blue City'.
I hope someone will still find a moment for The Vernon Spring's 'Under a Familiar Sun', Omar's 'Brighter the Days', the new Azymuth album 'Marca Passo' and the new Slick Rick album 'VICTORY' (his 1988 debut got 5 stars on AllMusic, this one's not even listed yet).
I hope someone will still find a moment for James Holden and Waclaw Zimpel's 'The Universe Will Take Care of You' and Shanti Celeste's 'Romance'.
I hope someone will still find a moment for HAIM's 'I Quit', which seems like a funny release for you to ignore, and 'Metallic Life Review' by Matmos, who have often received glowing reviews.
I hope someone will still find a moment for the new Jameszoo album 'Music for 17 Musicians'.
Got a request for your editors. Can someone write up a review for any of these new albums:
Also shocked that no-one has tackled the new Deafheaven record yet, despite tv's previous requests for one. It's easily the best thing they've done since Sunbather! Or that no-one decided to take on the new Manic Street Preachers record, despite it having over 40 user ratings and a couple of good user reviews. Guess Stephen Thomas Erlewine was their only fan on the editorial team.
Reviews for both the new Deafheaven and These New Puritans records are now available. Great work by the AllMusic staff, as usual.
Sorry to say but there's still no sign of that MSP review yet. Keep up the good recommendations though.
Wasn't sure it would happen but those are some excellent reviews. Thanks AllMusic!
I hope someone will still find a moment for Eli Keszler's eponymous album, which came out on May 5.
Listening! Nice arrangement.
Okay, just posted ! Thank you for this.
New Tyler, the Creator album has been out since July 21. Still no review.
The review is available https://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-tap-the-glass-mw0004578404#review
Yeah, tv's right - the rating is missing. It's been quite common with recent hip-hop reviews: Natanael Cano's 'Porque la Demora' and Óscar Maydon's 'Rico o Muerto, Vol. 1' appear to be missing ratings too.
JID (whose previous efforts have been very highly rated) also has a new album out that isn't even listed yet. And we've already mentioned MIKE a couple of times. :)
No worries, a request to add the new JID album was sent to AllMusic yesterday.
Zac and the team are usually very quick at adding new entries, as long as the poster provides official sources with their request - It helps the team to verify it.
You can find a thread for making these kinds of requests here.
An entry for Good Does Like Ugly has now been added.
In case you haven't seen it yet, AllMusic have already uploaded a review for that new JID album. Wasn't expecting one so soon.
Not much of a review though. I really wonder why they're treating it like that after the rave reviews for his previous ones. And why hiphop albums are so often reviewed cursorily and anonymously. Are they using ChatGPT or what?
Going to guess that the 'TiVo Staff' moniker is assigned to interns or non-editorial staff who have been given a chance to add to a review for a release that the editors have decided not to cover. If it means that more releases are reviewed, I'm all for it.
I don't think it's an attempt at a proper review, to be honest, it's purely descriptive. Maybe Fred Thomas, who did the previous ones for JID, isn't around (anymore)?
Kinda agree that new hip-hop feels a bit like an afterthought with AllMusic. I'm willing to forgive the delays as many recent big releases for rap this year have been shadow-drops and reviewers haven't been able to listen to them in advance. But this JID 'review' does read like a rushed summary. And that new Tyler review looks messy with it's formatting. Both them and the new Freddie Gibbs feel a bit underappreciated.
Add to this that there's only been one "hip-hop" album has a 4 and half star rating this year and even that record is an assortment of like four different genres. Has enthusiasm for rap been drained from the AllMusic office?
Perhaps the editorial team could do with a more dedicated specialist, the way electronic Music has Paul Simpson or R&B has Andy Kellman.
IIRC, the TiVo account is sometimes used to post summary-like articles instead of reviews - where the staff wanted to have something there but couldn't fully dedicate timr or resources to a full review.
I agree that it is a shame that the editor that previously covered JID's releases didn't this time, as they were on-point. They seemingly decided to write about the new Mac DeMarco record that week instead. So they are still with AllMusic.
As for the current state of the site's hiphop coverage, the new Travis Scott /JackBoys record was just reviewed and it is very detailed. You may not agree with the score but the writer definitely put in the work.
Thanks again for reviewing the Deafheaven and These New Puritans albums. Open to another request? Here are some newish releases that I'm currently spinning. If any of your writers have enjoyed these records, I'd be up for reading what they have to say about them:
Shout-outs to the posters that've suggested the new records by Heartworms, John Glacier and YHWH Nailgun. Some really good recommends! Add my name to the list that would like to read those reviews.
