Roly Porter Third Law review

Roly Porter : Third Law

The UK producer makes colossal industrial beatscapes that sound like the destruction of planets.

Palisades Nervous Habits

Palisades : Nervous Habits

Lexington trio eases into a beachy sound with their jangly, upbeat set of new songs.

anatomy of habit black openings review

Bloodiest : Bloodiest

The Chicago art-metal band goes big, without sticking to close to any expectations of what metal is.

Tortoise The Catastrophist

Tortoise : The Catastrophist

The Chicago post-rock group returns after seven years with their most accessible set of music yet.

Ty Segall emotional mugger

Ty Segall : Emotional Mugger

The Bay Area garage rocker’s latest is another blistering and bold set of psychedelic burners.

Savages Adore Life review

Savages : Adore Life

The London post-punk group follows up their dynamic debut with an even fiercer, weirder collection of dangerous love songs.

Shearwater Jet Plane and Oxbow review

Shearwater : Jet Plane and Oxbow

Jonathan Meiburg helms another collection of darkly atmospheric pop songs with powerful grooves.

Abbath self-titled review

Abbath : Abbath

The Immortal frontman continues the Immortal legacy with a new band and more blistering metal.

Chthe'ilist Le Dernier Crepuscule

Chthe’ilist : Le Dernier Crépuscule

The Quebec death metal band finds melody in ugliness, and vice versa, on their Profound Lore debut.

Pop. 1280 Paradise

Pop. 1280 : Paradise

The Brooklyn noise rock outfit trades some of their guitar noise for a more synth-heavy approach.

Daughter Not to Disappear review

Daughter : Not to Disappear

The UK-based trio’s second album is all slow builds and poetic intimacy.

David Bowie Blackstar review

David Bowie : ★ (Blackstar)

The Thin White Duke’s final album is a sublime final chapter in his vast and powerful discography.

Hinds Leave Me Alone

Hinds : Leave Me Alone

The Madrid-based band, formerly known as Deers, arrives fully formed on their confident, fun debut album.

Krallice Hyperion EP review

Krallice : Hyperion EP

The New York black metal outfit offers a short, sharp surprise of blistering metal for the new year.

Sunn O))) Kannon review

Sunn O))) : Kannon

Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson offer their shortest, simplest album in some time, which is still quite moving.

The Lion’s Daughter : Existence Is Horror

The St. Louis sludge metal outfit goes for the throat on their eclectic, intense new album.

future evol review

Pusha T : King Push—Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude

The emcee and GOOD Music President offers a lean, dark and politically charged new set of standouts.

Baroness Purple review

Baroness : Purple

The psych-metal band returns with a restatement of purpose and their most emotionally charged LP yet.

Prince HITNRUN Phase Two

Prince : HITNRUN Phase Two

The Purple One offers a more eclectic, yet focused set of songs on his second of two 2015 releases.

Parquet Courts : Monastic Living EP

The Brooklyn outfit moves away from the immediacy of past releases toward an oblique, textural approach.