Articles by Kyle Mullin

Apollo Brown & Skyzoo

The Easy Truth

PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2016

Alt-rap diehards will fawn over The Easy Truth, the new joint album by Detroit beat smith Apollo Brown and New York MC Skyzoo.   The LP's m...

Donovan Woods

They Are Going Away

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2016

On his new EP, Donovan Woods gets meta from the get-go. They Are Going Away's opening track, "What They Mean," begins by describing a boy l...

The Frightnrs

Nothing More to Say

PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2016

Their album may be called Nothing More to Say, but no one in their right mind would want the Frightnrs to keep quiet.   The band's new LP i...

De La Soul

and the Anonymous Nobody…

PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2016

A spectrum of guest stars appear on De La Soul's latest LP, and the Anonymous Nobody…, each from a disparate genre — grimy underground rap...

Atmosphere

Rap Incubator

PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2016

As Atmosphere recorded their seventh studio album, Fishing Blues, the pair of Minneapolis rappers didn't use a glamorous studio or engage i...

Atmosphere

Fishing Blues

PUBLISHED Aug 12, 2016

You've heard of terms like "dad bods," "dad jokes" and "dad rock"; get ready for "dad rap." Slug, the rapper half of Minneapolis hip-hop du...

Atmosphere Explain the Very Literal Meaning Behind Their 'Fishing Blues'

PUBLISHED Aug 11, 2016

When Atmosphere announced their upcoming Fishing Blues, the veteran rap duo rolled out a long, winding Canada/U.S. tour to go along with it...

Titus Andronicus

S+@dium Rock: Five Nights at the Opera

PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2016

Titus Andronicus are clearly having a hell of a good time on S+@dium Rock: Five Nights at the Opera. The new live album chronicles the New...