Album Reviews
The Swedish duo formerly known as jj get capitalized, but primarily stick to an electronic pop sound with plenty of dreamy element.s
Exhilarating and breathlessly alive, expressing something uniquely real and fantastical.
The Staten Island indie rockers start fresh in a sense, and tap into long-held grief on their incredible new record.
Liturgy’s debut is old school black metal with a twist, regardless of how they’ve been framed by purists.
Beal’s third release is a fine enough album, but stops short of fulfilling the promise he’s been riding since his debut.
Blake Judd ends the band’s legacy with a curious mish-mash of ambition, bombast and questionable decisions.
The New Jersey group takes on some new risks and ends up on fun, if shaky ground.
The first album in five years to bear the Castanets name is also the weirdest by some margin.
Little Rock quartet’s second is a triumph of doom metal ambition, as well as an album that transcends it.
The young, New Zealand art-pop diva presents a new collection with a lot of ideas and an accessible, widespread appeal.
Samo Sound Boy and Jerome LOL team up to create a vibrant homage to Chicago house.
Another flashy and fabulous — and super funky — set of disco-ball-lit dance numbers and prog-rock anthems.
The hip-hop group’s proper debut after two excellent mixtapes is an impressive fusion of cunning raps and ear-candy production.
Brooklyn producer Drew Lustman layers on a variety of different sounds into one cohesively flowing electronic set.
Following the intrigue of her first two EPs, the UK R&B artist expands her approach and introduces another layer of mystique.
Synth-heavy art-pop group offer otherworldly psychedelia and autumnal pop on their fourth album.
Debut album by Canadian indie rockers Alvvays is a melodic and upbeat set of infectiously beachy shoegaze-pop tunes.
A better defined and refined statement of the experimental rock trio’s no wave and grungy slowcore sounds.
The Seattle punk band release their first new album in 14 years — and it rips.
Refreshed after a four-year absence, Spoon return on a new label, with a new album, and a new sense of purpose.