Mike Vinti

Jan 24, 2024 | crackmagazine.net | Mike Vinti

25.01.24 On Wall of Eyes, The Smile go beyond mainstream rock mores in search of a more fluid musical universe. The second album by the experimental trio of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, plus former Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, is a quietly brilliant work of outer-limits musical reconnaissance that feels at ease in its own powers. True, moments on The Smile’s second album do sound like Radiohead.

Nov 14, 2023 | crackmagazine.net | Mike Vinti

15.11.23 What Ishmael Butler doesn’t know about hip-hop probably isn’t worth dwelling on. A veteran of the genre, the Seattle-born MC has studied and shaped its evolution, constantly finding new directions to push its already porous boundaries.

Jul 17, 2023 | crackmagazine.net | Mike Vinti

Original release date: 2 July, 2011Label: Top Dawg EntertainmentGood Kid, M.A.A.D City, To Pimp a Butterfly, DAMN. Kendrick Lamar is responsible for some of the greatest hip-hop albums of not just the 21st century, but the genre’s entire history. He’s the only MC to win a Pulitzer, and his lyrics are pored over with the same regard as literature and poetry.

Sep 30, 2022 | crackmagazine.net | Mike Vinti

Sep 25, 2022 | loudandquiet.com | Mike Vinti