Album Of The Week 956
Album of the Week: HEALTH – VOL. 4 :: SLAVES OF FEAR
And industrial hellscape made all the more pop-friendly with a surprising accessibility.
Album of the Week: Cherry Glazerr – Stuffed & Ready
The L.A. trio's latest is their biggest, boldest and most grown-up album.
Album of the Week: Deerhunter – Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?
The Atlanta band's seventh album yields great beauty from dark meditations.
Album of the Week: Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow
The dawn of a new experimental phase for the singer/songwriter, one with a brighter outlook.
Album of the Week: Great Falls – A Sense of Rest
This under-the-radar noise rock supergroup delivers a set of brutality and nuance.
Album of the Week: Portrayal of Guilt – Let Pain Be Your Guide
A blistering, 23-minute hardcore record that blurs the lines between screamo and black metal.
Album of the Week: Vince Staples – FM!
Vince gets conceptual in this brief "not an album" album that balances entertainment with something deeper and more painful.
Album of the Week: boygenius – boygenius EP
Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus combine their talents on a stunning new collaborative EP.
Album of the Week: Julia Holter – Aviary
The Los Angeles art-pop artist delivers a stunning expression of warmth amid chaos and disorder.
Album of the Week: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – IC-01 HANOI
This loose, improvisational session from Ruban Nielson and company is a complete 180 from their last effort.
Album of the Week: Neneh Cherry – Broken Politics
A beautiful, uncomfortable meditation on activism and self-awareness.
Album of the Week: Cloud Nothings – Last Burning Building
The most intense and aggressive that Cloud Nothings have ever sounded, coupled with a refined songwriting sensibility.
Album of the Week: Gouge Away – Burnt Sugar
The Fort Lauderdale, Florida post-hardcore group has evolved at an accelerated rate, raising the bar with their second album.
Album of the Week: Sumac – Love In Shadow
The most improvisational and exploratory album by the metal trio proves to be their most powerful and affecting.
Album of the Week: Aphex Twin – Collapse
The braindance king of Cornwall keeps up a hot streak with a set that continues to challenge and build on his legacy.
Album of the Week: Emma Ruth Rundle – On Dark Horses
The singer/songwriter delivers a heavier, denser album that shows cracks of light shining through the darkness.
Album of the Week: Idles – Joy As An Act of Resistance
The Bristol post-punk group builds on their breakout debut with hope, pain and lots of volume.
Album of the Week: Thou – Magus
The Louisiana metal group aims for transcendence on their introspective, elegant and devastating fifth album.
Album of the Week: Blood Orange – Negro Swan
Dev Hynes returns to the timeless concept of hope on his fourth album.
Album of the Week: Mitski – Be the Cowboy
Mitski's latest is a kind of concept album about how she's perceived as an artist, with her most vibrant arrangements to date.