Album Reviews
A chilling and powerful document from the late Jason Molina, expanded with haunting extras.
After 14 long years, D’Angelo returns with the album of our time.
The mysterious producer delivers a chaotic set of R&B that impresses and confuses.
The 67-year-old singer delivers a theatrical, honest set of songs with a list of impressive collaborators.
The Irish metal group delivers their heaviest album to date, and one corker of a rock record.
The silver- and acid-tongued rap succubus personifies the axiom ‘better late than never.’
Alex Zhang Hungtai ends the Dirty Beaches journey with a meditative instrumental album that’s still and ambiguous.
The D.C. post-hardcore band’s earliest recordings are a window into their crystallization as a band, and pretty much rip.
Art rock outfit’s outstanding fifth album feels like both a sincere memorial and a vibrant celebration.
The Brooklyn post-punks carve out a chilling vision on their outstanding new album, which bridges abrasion with grace.
Oakland electronic producer crafts soundscapes inspired by California, but evoking an alien landscape.
Despite a pretty heavy press campaign rife with trolling, Ariel Pink’s new album is not a dramatic step forward by any means.
Experimental guitarist follows the conceptual Along the Way with a set of catchy, if lengthy, guitar-driven beatscapes.
The Manchester producer pushes his dub techno sound into deeper extremes — both noisier and more accessible.
Toro y Moi’s Chaz Bundick looking to house music for inspiration, and moving away from the glow fidelity of chillwave.
The Venezuelan-born producer funnels his weird and dark aesthetic into a vibrant, albeit chaotic set of bleeps and buzzes.
Dave Grohl & Co. visit eight cities on their latest album but come back with little more than flimsy souvenirs.
The Leeds psychedelic rock group follows their stellar debut with another mind-bending set of noise-heavy rock excursions.
Mashup album finds a strange common ground between the pop of Taylor Swift and the manic IDM of Richard D. James.
The Mississippi-born rapper establishes his Southern galaxy as its own weird, hot, funk-filled world.