Album Reviews 1661
Tangents : New Bodies
The Australian electronic fusion band carries an exploratory looseness that makes their latest so exciting.
Album of the Week: Lotic – Power
An intense detanglement of power structures through impenetrable, heavy and menacing sounds.
Obscura : Diluvium
Not a reinvention of the wheel but rather a strong set of riffs and progressive structures from the German death metallers.
Immortal : Northern Chaos Gods
A strong, fun post-Abbath black metal record that still feels slightly incomplete.
John Coltrane : Both Directions At Once—The Lost Album
A newly unearthed session from 1963 finds Coltrane's quartet in top form.
Jaye Jayle : No Trail and Other Unholy Paths
Evan Patterson of Young Widows delivers a stunning set of atmospheric darkness with his new band.
Lumerians : Call of the Void
The synth-based indie outfit conjure a psychedelic cosmos informed by grief.
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.
Drake : Scorpion
Drake's longest album is also the one that shows how little interest he has in progressing.
Them Are Us Too : Amends
The Bay Area dream-pop group deliver a warm close to a brief legacy and fitting tribute to late musician Cash Askew.
Album of the Week: Nine Inch Nails – Bad Witch
Reznor's weirdest, most sax-heavy and "industrial" album in some time.
Gang Gang Dance : Kazuashita
An album that engages the emotions and intellect in equal measure.
The Orb – No Sounds Are Out of Bounds
The Orb's 15th studio album bears a fitting yet frustrating title.
Beyoncé/Jay-Z : Everything Is Love
A loose, fun collaboration following two grand statements.
Protomartyr : Consolation EP
A brief set of songs from the Detroit post-punk group that reveals new possibilities—with appearances from Kelley Deal.
Let’s Eat Grandma : I’m All Ears
The UK band's formal irregularity is like a mixtape from a friend, imperfect but charming as hell.
Album of the Week: Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth
On his second sprawling set of music, Washington balances warmth and ambition, concept and soul.
The Get Up Kids : Kicker EP
The emo heroes return with a new set of catchy, lovelorn jams.