Jamie Stewart’s band of experimentalists refocuses on their best set of songs in several years.
Singer/songwriter sheds big-name collaborators for a set of deep introspection.
Dallas thrashers turn in their strongest set of songs and their most powerful statement yet.
Ben Chasny’s sweetest, most honeyed tracks in years.
Iowa sludgemongers balance massive sound with subtle textures.
Hideout began as a one-man recording project a few years ago while guitarist Gabriel Rodriguez…
Instrumental genre-shifters deliver their most expansive and accessible album.
Chicago garage rockers are growing up. Sort of.
Adams’ latest is a real heartbreaker.
Bay Area doom metal outfit puts songwriting first and foremost.
With thoughtful arrangements and poetry, the Swedish group prove themselves prog’s most underrated.
The long-running UK band finds new ways to innovate while turning away from stadium excess.
D.C. post-punks give voice to contemporary anxiety.
James Alex and company follow up a strong full-length with a set of covers.
Chicago punks exorcise a year’s demons on an intense, thrilling set of songs.
Pelican guitarist pursues an abstract series of gorgeous instrumental soundscapes.
When Japandroids debuted in 2009 with Post-Nothing, the Vancouver duo refreshed a garagey rock sound…
Singer/songwriter’s latest is an intimate journey into the in-between.
Snarky, snotty, punk-infused thrash that’s too much fun.
Psych-rock outfit delivers their strongest set of head trips to date.