Album Reviews
The UK singer finds more inspiration from heartbreak, while finding fertile ground in subtler production.
The Boston-based doom metal band serves up a thrilling adventure through towering riffs and impeccable songwriting.
The Nashville singer/songwriter blends live sessions with covers to varying degrees of success.
The progressive metal band blends their epic approach with accessibility and melody to great result.
The short-lived punk label from the 1970s is documented in this extensive, impressive new box set.
The California band’s new album is 79 minutes of melodic and complex math-rock that suggests countless ideas.
Alejandro Ghersi’s follow up to last year’s Xen is more fractured than before, but more cohesive and rewarding.
The Swans guitarist steps into a different role as a master of drone and ambient textures on his new solo effort.
The experimental sludge metal duo and one-man black metal artist create a noisy, extreme slab of heavy sounds.
The producer and singer’s debut album is a rich-sounding but lyrically disappointing set.
Claire Boucher explores a diverse array of sounds under a pop umbrella on her highly anticipated new album.
The former Emeralds guitarist continues to grow in gradual steps, with a more pronounced pop approach.
On his latest release, Daniel Lopatin is caught in a time warp characterized by cinematic outsiders.
Kiley Lotz’s latest release is a diverse and melodic triumph, which features members of Tigers Jaw.
The Norwegian progressive rock band delivers a complex work in the form of more accessible songwriting.
The San Francisco death metal band doesn’t expand the genre’s parameters much, but they carry the torch well.
The Washington, D.C. duo’s debut album blends shoegaze textures with dreamy pop songwriting.
Travis Egedy ditches past witchy techniques for a soaring and eclectic mash of sounds.
The Philadelphia death metal troupe pummel with artistry on their melodic, complex third album.
The Montreal duo make their return with a set of inward-looking tracks heavy on synths and ethereality.