Album Reviews

Lord Spikeheart The Adept review

Lord Spikeheart : The Adept

An debut album that takes industrial noise to fun new extremes

Necrot Lifeless Birth review

Necrot : Lifeless Birth

The trio continue to sharpen their death metal sound with rage that burns even hotter

claire rousay sentiment review

claire rousay : Sentiment

An unpredictable move into emo songwriting and Auto-Tuned folk from the unpredictable composer/producer

Cloud Nothings Final Summer review

Cloud Nothings : Final Summer

On their eighth album, the indie stalwarts offer up their biggest sounding record to date—but by no means their longest

Shabaka Perceive Its Beauty Acknowledge Its Grace review

Shabaka : Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace

The prolific jazz artist fully explores the flute on this spiritual, understated set of pieces

James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg : All Gist

An instrumental, acoustic album that hums with early morning energy

Fabiana Palladino review

Fabiana Palladino : Fabiana Palladino

A masterful debut that draws influence from ’80s sophisti-pop and Minneapolis funk and R&B.

Drahla angeltape review

Drahla : angeltape

Five years after their previous LP, the Leeds post-punk outfit return with a punchier, heavier set of songs

Rosie Tucker Utopia Now review

Rosie Tucker : Utopia Now!

A standout blend of the personal and the political

Einstürzende Neubauten rampen

Einstürzende Neubauten : Rampen (apm: alien pop music)

The industrial legends reshape their sound again with immediacy and nuance

Khruangbin A La Sala review

Khruangbin : A La Sala

The Texas trio return to the instrumental grooves that made them festival favorites

shabazz palaces exotic birds of prey

Shabazz Palaces : Exotic Birds of Prey

Ishmael Butler at his most informal and disparate, but still dope

Skeletal Remains Fragments of the Ageless review

Skeletal Remains : Fragments of the Ageless

The death metal stalwarts hold fast in their allegiance to the riff

Kelly Moran Moves in the Field review

Kelly Moran : Moves in the Field

The pianist and composer crafts a solo album of duets

Beyoncé Cowboy Carter review

Beyoncé : Cowboy Carter

One of the biggest swings that an American artist at the height of their popularity has taken in recent memory

Norah Jones Visions review

Norah Jones : Visions

The veteran singer/songwriter delivers her big little indie record

Julia Holter Something in the Room She Moves review

Julia Holter : Something in the Room She Moves

Holter embraces an impressionistic aesthetic on her first new album in six years

Chastity Belt Live Laugh Love review

Chastity Belt : Live Laugh Love

The Seattle group navigate the complicated state of the world with their signature humor and sense of fun

Ride Interplay review

Ride : Interplay

The shoegaze legends lean into their early psych influences on their third post-reunion album

Faye Webster Underdressed at the Symphony review

Faye Webster : Underdressed at the Symphony

The Georgia singer/songwriter balances the extravagant with the mundane on her latest