Album Reviews 1785
Cave : Allways
The Chicago indie rock outfit continue to navigate the groove on their latest.
Thought Gang : Thought Gang
A "lost" recording from David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti has finally been released in all its strange, harrowing glory.
Kelly Moran : Ultraviolet
The prepared-piano artist takes a simple concept and delivers a stunning work through her devotion to the instrument.
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.
Charles Bradley : Black Velvet
A coda rather than a closing chapter to the late soul singer's career.
Various Artists : Free The Robots Presents Tempo Dreams, Vol. 5
L.A. beatmaker Free the Robots assembles an impressive team of up-and-coming producers on the latest in this compilation series.
Daughters : You Won’t Get What You Want
It's sheer terror, and you can dance to it. Sort of.
The Ocean : Phanerozoic I—Palaeozoic
A powerful, heavy statement at a trying time for the planet.
Pill : Soft Hell
A punk rock riot interspersed with dark humor, sexual agency and lots of saxophone.
Thom Yorke : Suspiria
A new frontier for the Radiohead frontman, with some impressively subtle results.
Street Sects : The Kicking Mule
The Texas industrial-punk duo's sound grows more aggressive and darker on their second full-length.
Album of the Week: boygenius – boygenius EP
Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus combine their talents on a stunning new collaborative EP.
Miserable : Loverboy/Dog Days
Kristina Esfandiari's non-King Woman project crafts singular doom-dream worlds.
Makaya McCraven : Universal Beings
The Paris-born, Chicago-based drummer and producer brings together a dream team for a sprawling jazz collab.
Georgia Anne Muldrow : Overload
Muldrow's most mainstream release to date also harbors some of her most stunning acts of creativity.
Erosion : Maximum Suffering
A blistering crust-punk record for the crisis that consumes us.
Robyn : Honey
The Swedish pop queen's long-awaited new album hints at rage and despair but exudes joy.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit : Live at the Ryman
It says something that acclaimed country/folk musician Jason Isbell’s newest live record draws exclusively from his last three records, two solo and one officially crediting his long-time backing band the 400 Unit. The sense one gets is that it’s not so much a slight to the quality of his earlier material, first with the equally […]
Album of the Week: Julia Holter – Aviary
The Los Angeles art-pop artist delivers a stunning expression of warmth amid chaos and disorder.