Goyte makes highly tuneful, mature, rock-based pop music with fresh melodic songwriting that demonstrates his uncommon ambition and craftsmanship.
Author Tyler Boehm
Drake – Take Care
Take Care succeeds as a complex and sincere portrait of a man trying to hold onto some semblance of genuine relationships in a world of sycophants and groupies.
Real Estate – Days
Days, Real Estate’s new album, follows the same sonic blueprint that made its debut so enjoyable, while taking an autumnal turn. Tyler Boehm reviews.
Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV
For an artist who has consistently defied expectations over his career, Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV is sadly boring.
Kanye West and Jay-Z – Watch the Throne
Full length Kanye/Jay Z collab is a must-listen of cultural relevance; the work of two icons in an era of Internet phenomenons and niche followings.
Black Lips – Arabia Mountain
On Arabia Mountain, Black Lips go back to the well yet again but this time under the guidance of producer Mark Ronson and with a set of considerably sharper songs. The result is a return to form and a really fun record.
Tyler the Creator – Goblin
Goblin continues in the same vein of unhinged, often funny and deeply personal material that is Odd Future’s hallmark but painted a shade darker. This is the sound of a truly unique voice in music, one that is unapologetically dark and disturbed writes Tyler Boehm.
Destroyer – Kaputt
Like Bowie on Young Americans, Dan Bejar has radically reinvented himself while retaining something essential and distinctive in his sound. The results are intoxicating says Tyler Boehm.
The Radio Dept. – Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010
The compilation doesn’t document the evolution of a band so much as it highlights the sharpening of songwriting that seemingly occurred around 2010′s Clinging To A Scheme. As such, Passive Aggressive is ultimately an album that is enjoyable while it’s on but forgettable when you’re through.
Waka Flocka Flame – Flockaveli
Waka Flocka Flame is part of a rising, unaffiliated group of rappers that is the closest thing to punk rock that hip hop has seen since Eminem.
Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (DVD)
‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ is the only complete concert footage from the Stones’ 1972 tour of America and is cobbled together from four shows in Fort Worth and Houston, Texas. Unfortunately, the footage may have made a better concert album than movie.
Lil Wayne – I Am Not a Human Being
Lil Wayne is out of jail in less than a month and has been presumably been away from codeine cough syrup and auto-tune for nearly a year. This *is* a fun record, but Lil Wayne at his peak was a world-beater. It would feel great to welcome that version of Wayne home again.
Gucci Mane – The Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted
Gucci is, simply put, the best rapper working today, and The Appeal just confirms this, according to Tyler Boehm.
Gucci Mane – Mr. Zone 6
In 2010 when, for better or worse, Drake is the biggest new star in hip-hop and Eminem gets back on top by collaborating with Rihanna, Gucci Mane sticks with releasing bangers with limited guest lists.
Drake – Thank Me Later
Despite his background, Tyler Boehm finds Drake’s debut as personal and authentic as any other major rap release in recent memory.
The Gaslight Anthem – American Slang
There’s not much bad to say about American Slang except that it doesn’t sound as inspired as their previous album according to Tyler Bohem.
