Album Reviews
The Australian post-punk band mixes abrasion with synth-driven sounds for something truly exhilarating.
Washington black metal duo offers a transitional release of ambient material that works fine, but still feels like a minor release.
Atlanta metal outfit’s sixth album finds them playing up their melodic rock tendencies even more.
The sextet’s fourth album makes some noise for shoegaze by not making so much noise.
Canada’s Auroch offer hope for classic death metal sounds on their blistering, 25-minute new album.
A solid effort that reinforces the band’s reputation as one of the Bay Area’s best garage groups, even if they don’t live there now.
A shuffled line-up lends variety to to grindcore/hardcore act’s sound but still leaves plenty of room to grow.
Three Seattle drum greats team up for an all-percussion supergroup that goes strongly against expectations.
After his hit-making collaboration with Disclosure, the UK singer carves a path of his own.
Death Grips’ latest — the first of two new albums this year — is a collaboration with Björk that’s as bizarre as that sounds.
Tom Krell moves away from a more conventional indie R&B sound toward more daring, atmospheric places.
Copenhagen post-punk group aims for atmosphere over aggression on this more mature, even somewhat optimistic debut.
A pleasant enough set of garage rock, but there’s not enough to distinguish the young band from what came before.
Toronto post-hardcore band showcases a lot of nervousness and a lot of promise while kicking major ass in the process.
Drew Daniel tackles black metal and its controversy and filters it through house jams on his latest set.
The Melvins frontman takes on a string-snapping acoustic record on his new solo album.
The Tokyo metal band’s hardest rocking album since at least ‘Pink’, and one of their most versatile as well.
UK producer Matt Cutler keeps reshaping and redefining his unique style of house music on his best album to date.
A solid showing for the European producer, and an even stronger showing for his long list of collaborators.
Former White Stripes leader’s latest too disjointed and slapped together to make up for recent bad behavior.