Album Reviews
A welcome and sufficiently gnarly return from one of the noisiest bands ever to crawl out of Austin, Texas.
The Norwegian singer/songwriter has crafted her most ambitious record yet, with help from M83 and Röyksopp.
The Porcupine Tree leader takes on a conceptual work that ends up his most haunting and human album.
After a long-promised return, the New York hip-hop duo finally follow up their legendary 2001 debut.
A heavy hitting and clever first album from the Das Racist emcee, even if his forays into pop aren’t always successful.
The Windhand vocalist’s debut solo album is a haunting and stunning folk album of stark ballads.
The debut solo album by the Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist is both direct and emotional, if occasionally undercooked.
The Philadelphia doom metal outfit’s debut album lets the riffs fly and puts the fun in funeral.
The Brooklyn instrumental metal band creates epic, emotional landscapes with nothing more than guitar, bass and drums.
The Oxford shoegazers balance dreamy arrangements and rocking hard on first album in 17 years.
Megan James and Corin Roddick make their sound bolder, brighter and beefier on their second full-length.
The Boston post-hardcore band’s excellent fourth album finds them honing in on melody and songcraft over brutality.
Kevin Barnes tackles depression and divorce with an album of charged-up glam rock anthems.
The two wild and rowdy garage punk vets join forces again for another set of good-time rockers.
The Los Angeles-based indie rock singer/songwriter has a maturity crisis, and comes out stronger on the other side.
The New Jersey indie rock trio tapers the shred just a little, in service of some great, crunchy pop songs.
Baltimore artist marries popular and high-art electronic music in an extended exercise in instant gratification.
The Boston-based post-hardcore band blends neurosis with furious power in a listen that’s satisfyingly agitated.
Stas and Cat return with a bold and otherworldly hip-hop and R&B hybrid that speaks to a very human experience.
New York group’s latest less of a shoegaze revival album and more of an eerie, piercing and intense noise punk album.