Three years ago, hard-rock trio Blackwater Holylight moved south from Portland to Los Angeles, a transition that left them with a blank slate and a sunnier outlook on production. Their new album digs into that transition, adding light synth work to heavier shoegaze riffs and exploring all the emotions associated with a big move—but mostly, the time it takes to settle in. “If there were to be a theme to the album, it would be patience,” vocalist, guitarist, and bassist Sunny Faris said in a statement. Frequent TV on the Radio and Run the Jewels producer Dave Sitek also features, contributing the beat for instrumental track “Giraffe.”
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Zukenee: ZUMINATI [SlayLife]
Zukenee has long approached the Atlanta rap underground like his own medieval round table—in an average year, you can find him brandishing swords, lighting spliffs with candles, and referencing blood pacts. His last album, 2025’s Slaytanic, built his breakout Birth of St. Slay into a whole odyssey of pounding hooves, flute melodies, and woodland trysts with fair maidens. On his latest, ZUMINATI, he’s tackling a new secret society with a lot more Hollywood clout, but keeping his inner circle hyperlocal—the album’s only guest appearance is fellow Georgia upstart Sk8star, who hops on “Glock Backshots.”
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