Album Reviews

Matthew Herbert : One Pig

Porcine politics and sample innovation.

People Under the Stairs : Highlighter

Cali Cliff’s notes from underground legends.

Dntel : Life Is Full of Possibilities (Deluxe Edition)

Re-igniting one of lap-pop’s most brilliant sparks.

The Beach Boys : The Smile Sessions

After 45 years, a legendary lost album gets a massive release.

Russian Circles : Empros

Naked, afraid and exhilarated.

Exitmusic : From Silence EP

Interesting machines of bummed-out momentum.

nick cave push the sky away review

Tom Waits : Bad As Me

The same kind of bad as he’s ever been.

Black Tusk : Set the Dial

Hardcore ferocity and sludgy churn.

Fennesz : Seven Stars

Out of the water and into the cosmos.

Skeletonwitch : Forever Abomination

A modern blend of old school metal thrills.

Future Islands : On the Water

A more full-throated kind of synth-pop.

Rob Crow : He Thinks He’s People

Appropriately dark, absurdly meditative.

Feist : Metals

A warm and graceful return.