Album Reviews

Ethel Cain Perverts review

Ethel Cain : Perverts

The singer/songwriter’s sophomore album (a 90-minute EP?) pairs haunting slowcore with epic drone

Aphex Twin Music from the Merch Desk

Aphex Twin : Music from the Merch Desk (2016-2023)

Music from the Merch Desk is a difficult album. First and most obviously would be…

Kendrick Lamar GNX review

Kendrick Lamar : GNX

Kendrick’s surprise-released new album is his most immediate and least conceptual, but that’s not a problem

Jeff Parker The Way Out of Easy review

Jeff Parker ETA IVtet : The Way Out of Easy

A set of live-recorded minimalist meditations from a masterful jazz ensemble

Wussy Cincinnati Ohio review

Wussy : Cincinnati Ohio

The Midwestern group’s first record in six years and first after the death of their longtime pedal steel player is a beautiful downer

Bedsore Dreaming the Strife for Love review

Bedsore : Dreaming the Strife For Love

You would be forgiven if with Hypnagogic Hallucinations, Bedsore‘s acclaimed debut, you were not fully…

Various Artists - Transa

Various Artists : Transa

Conveying emotion, searching for community and positive reinforcement, establishing environments for collaboration, connecting through shared…

Thirdface Ministerial Cafeteria review

Thirdface : Ministerial Cafeteria

The hardcore group’s blistering second album breathes fire at the powers that be

Nap Eyes The Neon Gate review

Nap Eyes : The Neon Gate

An album that never once shies away from the grand or the absurd

The Body The Crying Out of Things review

The Body : The Crying Out of Things

One of the Rhode Island duo’s most versatile showcases of noise

Tim Heidecker Slipping Away review

Tim Heidecker : Slipping Away

The comic absurdist doubles down on earnestness with his new set of folk rock

Anna McClellan Electric Bouquet review

Anna McClellan : Electric Bouquet

A splendid album of wide-eyed emotionalism and storytelling

Black Pus Terrestrial Seethings review

Black Pus : Terrestrial Seethings

A gloriously warped standout of cacophony

Nubya Garcia Odyssey review

Nubya Garcia : Odyssey

The London saxophonist raises the bar on her sophomore album

Tyler the Creator Chromakopia review

Tyler, the Creator : Chromakopia

Tyler offers some of his most raw and personal material on his latest

Christopher Owens I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair

Christopher Owens : I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair

The Girls frontman returns with a new solo album steeped in darkness but featuring some of his most stunning songs

Bon Iver SABLE review

Bon Iver : SABLE,

A puzzling and disappointing 12-minute EP

Cold Cave Passion Depression review

Cold Cave : Passion Depression

Wes Eisold delves deeper into darkness on the synth-pop project’s fourth album

Naked Roommate Pass the Loofah review

Naked Roommate : Pass the Loofah

A disaster capitalism dance party from the Oakland/Berkeley collective

Amyl and the Sniffers cartoon darkness review

Amyl and the Sniffers : Cartoon Darkness

Filthy, lurid and witheringly self-assured rock ‘n’ roll