Album of the Week

Every album that’s earned Treble’s coveted Album of the Week designation.

Angel Olsen Burn Your Fire For No Witness review

Angel Olsen : Burn Your Fire For No Witness

Singer/songwriter’s second album is both heartbreaking and breathtaking, and more importantly, rocks pretty hard.

Sun Kil Moon Benji review

Sun Kil Moon : Benji

Fifty is the new 30 for Mark Kozelek, as his second band reach a high-water mark in their catalog.

Katy B Little Red

Katy B : Little Red

UK singer Katy B approaches genre transcendence while showing off a greater degree of songwriting sophistication.

Dum Dum Girls - Too True review

Dum Dum Girls : Too True

Dee Dee Penny & Co. take a big step forward on this darker set of dream-pop gems.

Actress Ghettoville

Actress : Ghettoville

The sound of Darren Cunningham’s possible retirement, or the peak of a career spent pursuing bold, powerful sounds.

Big Ups - Eighteen Hours of Static

Big Ups : Eighteen Hours of Static

NYC band’s rollicking post-hardcore debut zigs, zags and packs a hell of a wallop.

Beyonce - Beyonce

Beyoncé : Beyoncé

Following years of putting forth a carefully crafted image, Beyoncé gets real, gets dirty and shows off everything she’s capable of.

sally shapiro sad cities review

Saâda Bonaire : Saâda Bonaire

An incredible, lost German disco recording—unreleased until now—is resurrected and given new life thanks to Captured Tracks.

Death Grips - Government Plates

Death Grips : Government Plates

Delivered as another surprise free release without promotion, Death Grips’ fourth album bangs hard with more emphasis on electronics.

Swearin' - Surfing Strange

Swearin’ : Surfing Strange

New York group embodies a certain classic indie rock aesthetic, but the music is an infectious sound all their own.

The Stranger - Watching Dead Empires in Decay

The Stranger : Watching Dead Empires in Decay

James Leyland Kirby offers a different shade of darkness than his Caretaker alias, indulging in harsh industrial dubscapes.

Arcade Fire - Reflektor

Arcade Fire : Reflektor

Montreal indie rock troupe’s fourth album is a double, complete with interwoven concepts, production by James Murphy, and solid beats.

Castevet - Obsian review

Castevet : Obsian

New York black metal group adds Krallice’s Nick McMaster on second album, stretch limits to strange new places.

Tim Hecker Virgins review

Tim Hecker : Virgins

Montreal producer tones down the noise, but in its place offers some of his tensest, eeriest sounds to date.

Danny Brown - Old

Danny Brown : Old

On his latest LP, the Detroit emcee delivers a magnum opus both harrowing and more mature than ever.

HAIM - Days Are Gone

Haim : Days Are Gone

Los Angeles sister trio arrive fully formed, with a gorgeous set of pop tunes on their debut.

Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe

Chvrches : The Bones of What You Believe

Glasgow synth-pop trio’s full-length debut reveals full potential of early singles.

Bill Callahan Dream River review

Bill Callahan : Dream River

Callahan still sounds warm and earthy on his fourth under his own name, but shrouded in a new layer of darkness.

Chelsea Wolfe Pain is Beauty review

Chelsea Wolfe : Pain Is Beauty

For her fourth album of dark art-pop, the LA artist marries electronics to crushing doom for her best set of songs yet.

Neko Case The Worse Things Get review

Neko Case : The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You

On her latest, Case taps into some emotional vulnerability and comes out swinging.