Album Reviews

Four Tet Three review

Four Tet : Three

Kieran Hebden’s latest feels made to reveal itself over time

Judas Priest Invincible Shield review

Judas Priest : Invincible Shield

Fifty years into their career, the heavy metal gods keep up a late-period winning streak

Yard Act Where's My Utopia review

Yard Act : Where’s My Utopia?

The UK post-punk group expand their universe on their sophomore album.

Michael A. Muller new album Mirror Music

Michael A. Muller : Mirror Music

The Balmorhea member rides a blurred line between ambient and classical on his debut

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum of the last human being review

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum : of the Last Human Being

The eccentric cult prog band return with their signature dissonance after 17 years

Ben Frost Scope Neglect review

Ben Frost : Scope Neglect

The electronic composer’s return after seven years yields something that feels like an incomplete picture

Moor Mother The Great Bailout review

Moor Mother : The Great Bailout

The prolific artist and poet examines colonialism on one of her most harrowing listens

Grandaddy Blu Wav review

Grandaddy : Blu Wav

Jason Lytle and company return after seven years with some sad songs and waltzes

Jahari Massamba Unit YHWH Is Love review

Jahari Massamba Unit : YHWH Is Love

A complex and rhythmic jazz collaboration between Madlib and Karriem Riggins

Mannequin Pussy I Got Heaven review

Mannequin Pussy : I Got Heaven

The Philly group expand their sonic palette through brighter, catchier, grungy pop songs.

darkest hour perpetual terminal review

Darkest Hour : Perpetual | Terminal

Rife with nuance and sophistication, the D.C. death metal band’s latest showcases their unique knack for melodic heavy music

Eye Flys review

Eye Flys : Eye Flys

A punchy and thrilling sub-half-hour of noise rock

The Body Dis Fig Orchards of a Futile Heaven

The Body & Dis Fig : Orchards of a Futile Heaven

A collaborative triumph of extreme aesthetics.

Pissed Jeans Half Divorced review

Pissed Jeans : Half Divorced

Seven years after their last album, the noise rock vets return with some of their angriest material

Ihsahn Ihsahn review

Ihsahn : Ihsahn

Released as both symphonic metal and pure orchestrations, ‘Ihsahn’ is the black metal legend at his most prog

Amiture Mother Engine review

Amiture : Mother Engine

The New York duo’s sophomore album captures an intoxicating atmosphere of danger

Idles TANGK review

Idles : TANGK

The Bristol group reinvent the love song on their fifth album

Helado Negro Phasor review

Helado Negro : Phasor

Roberto Carlos Lange returns with a vivacious and life-affirming set of songs

El Perro Del Mar Big Anonymous review

El Perro Del Mar : Big Anonymous

A haunting and beautifully elegiac set of meditations on grief

Torres what an enormous room review

TORRES : What an enormous room

A big, brash, sometimes beautiful album that nonetheless carries diminishing returns