Album Of The Week 979
Album of the Week: Lingua Ignota – Caligula
A mixture of sacred and profane and supremely intense from the avant garde vocalist.
Album of the Week: Torche – Admission
The Miami metal outfit delivers their most refined, melodic set of music, which still sounds massive.
Album of the Week: Immortal Bird – Thrive On Neglect
A full-blast set of blackened death metal that reveals stunning details on further listens.
Album of the Week: black midi – Schlagenheim
The London-based band embrace a defiantly weird sound in an age of chillout playlists.
Album of the Week: Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars
The Boss returns to his folk roots for an album of gritty humanity.
Album of the Week: Baroness – Gold & Grey
The weirdest, biggest and most rewardingly bold Baroness album to date.
Album of the Week: Denzel Curry – Zuu
In less than a half-hour's time, the South Florida rapper shows he might well have the clearest voice of all.
Album of the Week: Tyler, the Creator – IGOR
Another outstanding stage in the rapper's evolution, one that involves very little rapping.
Album of the Week: Flying Lotus – Flamagra
Stephen Ellison remains true to his oddball identity while forging new paths of avant-garde funk.
Album of the Week: Jamila Woods – LEGACY! LEGACY!
The Chicago singer/songwriter/poet recasts cultural superheroes' powers through the narrative of song on her incredible second album.
Album of the Week: Big|Brave – A Gaze Among Them
The Canadian trio explores a massive sonic space while finding empowerment in it.
Album of the Week: Pile – Green & Gray
The Boston post-hardcore band delivers the best of all possible Piles, resulting in their strongest and most diverse album.
Album of the Week: Wand – Laughing Matter
The California psych band finds their definition of "psychedelic" evolving with their best set of songs yet.
Album of the Week: Shafiq Husayn – The Loop
The Sa-Ra Creative Partners member returns after a decade with a years-in-the-making set of psychedelic soul.
Album of the Week: Inter Arma – Sulphur English
The Richmond metal band continue to defy expectations while delivering a richer emotional experience.
Album of the Week: Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising
An intricate record that finds Natalie Mering going into space.
Album of the Week: Brutus – Nest
The Belgian trio's second album is as powerful a rock album as has been released in years.
Album of the Week: These New Puritans – Inside the Rose
The UK art-rock outfit, slimmed to a duo, turn their intricate layers into a more accessible form of avant pop.
Album of the Week: The Comet Is Coming – Trust In the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
A vision of future jazz from the Shabaka Hutchings-guided electro-jazz trio.
Album of the Week: Solange – When I Get Home
Ms. Knowles puts grown-folks' blues and concerns into a consistently stunning beat-tape format.