Album Of The Week 913
Album of the Week: Lotic – Power
An intense detanglement of power structures through impenetrable, heavy and menacing sounds.
Album of the Week: Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
The California black metal band embrace non-metal sounds in stunning ways on their fourth album.
Album of the Week: Nine Inch Nails – Bad Witch
Reznor's weirdest, most sax-heavy and "industrial" album in some time.
Album of the Week: Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth
On his second sprawling set of music, Washington balances warmth and ambition, concept and soul.
Album of the Week: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
A work of balance, contrast and three guitarists make the Australian group's debut sound miraculous.
Album of the Week: Flasher – Constant Image
The Washington D.C. post-punk trio builds on their early releases with a dynamic and exciting debut full-length.
Album of the Week: Yob – Our Raw Heart
A juxtaposition of the doom metal trio's most punishing and transcendent material.
Album of the Week: Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer
The most nakedly personal album Josh Tillman has released to date, as well as the most vulnerable.
Album of the Week: Gas – Rausch
A dark and affecting new album-length experience from German producer Wolfgang Voigt.
Album of the Week: Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks – Sparkle Hard
The singer/songwriter's eclectic spirit shines through on an album that evolves his irresistible hooks into something more modern.
Album of the Week: Beach House – 7
A continuation and a diversion of the Baltimore duo's melancholic oeuvre.
Album of the Week: Iceage – Beyondless
The Danish post-punk group are at their most sophisticated, while somehow sounding like they're having more fun.
Album of the Week: Jon Hopkins – Singularity
An endlessly expressive electronic album that leaves the door open for so much more to be explored.
Album of the Week: Ails – The Unraveling
Debut album by outfit featuring ex-members of Ludicra is a thrilling new entry for black metal.
Album of the Week: Hop Along – Bark Your Head Off, Dog
The Philadelphia indie rock outfit grows up and offers anthems of reassurance.
Album of the Week: Bambara – Shadow On Everything
A Western gothic post-punk dystopia that makes spine-chilling synonymous with breathtaking.
Album of the Week: Sons of Kemet – Your Queen is a Reptile
An iconoclastic and celebratory Afro-Carribean jazz album that blows back against white supremacy.
Album of the Week: Mount Eerie – Now Only
A sprawling and breathtaking document of learning to live with grief.
Album of the Week: Hot Snakes – Jericho Sirens
The San Diego (and New York/Philly) punk outfit reemerges after 14 years with a blistering set of songs.
Album of the Week: Titus Andronicus – A Productive Cough
An unforgettable, urgent reflection of the times.