Like most pop music, hip-hop is no country for old men.
Listening to a Patti Smith album always feels like an invitation to glimpse her roster of influences.
If lyrically This Is PiL marks a step forward for Lydon, then musically the album seems caught in a mid-’90s production rut.
Ufabulum brings back the breakneck BPMs and glitchy textures that characterized Squarepusher’s earlier work.
Only occasionally does Sene’s earnestness come across as naïveté.
Unlike in the past, when Jason Pierce stirred the pot and made something new, it doesn’t cohere in the way the best Spiritualized albums have.