Album Reviews
Florida’s You Blew It! continue a tradition of cathartic, melodic punk heard more frequently in the ’80s — you know what we’re talking about here.
The Boss teams up with Tom Morello on a collection of rarities, reworked old tunes and covers.
NYC band’s rollicking post-hardcore debut zigs, zags and packs a hell of a wallop.
The former Das Racist emcee offers up a concise but cohesive new mixtape — his best yet.
It’s not Angel Guts: Red Classroom, but this late 2013 release—a Nina Simone covers album—doesn’t need to be.
Dan Bejar puts English aside for a new five-song set of Spanish-sung tunes.
Malkmus plucks inspiration from the ’70s and continues to mine strange lyrical ground on his latest.
Burial steps into the sunlight on his latest EP, if only for a few fleeting moments.
Following years of putting forth a carefully crafted image, Beyoncé gets real, gets dirty and shows off everything she’s capable of.
Another 13 tracks of blissfully stoned instrumentals from the prolific beatmaker.
Performance art yields tepid Madonna-gone-dubstep tracks on Gaga’s latest, to disappointing result.
Soundgarden’s early psychedelic grunge material is reissued, remastered and revived after 25 years.
Austin art-rock group honors their tourmates by covering their songs on this interesting collection.
An incredible, lost German disco recording—unreleased until now—is resurrected and given new life thanks to Captured Tracks.
Solange assembles a lineup of up-and-coming R&B artists on the first compilation for her new label.
Toxic Holocaust keeps thrash alive and loud on their latest album, but still play it safe.
Phil Elverum filters Mount Eerie songs through Auto-Tune and midi and ends up with something still intriguing.
In a turbulent year, Sky Ferreira shows her talent is what matters most on her debut album.
Finnish black metal experimentalists explore cosmic space and amazing textures.