Album Reviews
On their Southern Lord debut, Dallas’ Power Trip carve up a badass thrash metal sound.
Speedy Ortiz revisit the crunch and fuzz of the indie rock ’90s on this direct, visceral set.
Pittsburgh’s Chris Laufman provides a more oddball counterpoint to Girl Talk’s mashup party rock.
Having long distanced himself from his early dance sound, UK producer Holden is diving into advanced electronic science.
Phil Elverum & Co.’s excellent 2000 album is reintroduced as part of a reissue series.
Jigga’s Samsung-aligned July 4th surprise is just this side of a vanity project, but still pretty decent.
On their second album, the Denver-by-way-of-Brooklyn gothic folk band goes deeper into beautiful despair.
Members of Baroness and Brokeback add a bigger, bolder backing to Gibson on his Sub Pop debut.
Pro Era emcee declares death of YOLO and resurgence of ’90s hip-hop sounds on new mixtape.
Mouse on Mars’ St. Werner carves a uniquely atmospheric path on his solo debut.
Chicago experimental noise/metal band finds a hypnotic beauty on their latest full-length.
So you’re slimmed to a trio after 15 years of wailing, wonderful post-rock? Challenge accepted.
Killer Mike and El-P take their collaborative partnership to another new peak as Run the Jewels.
Oxford, Miss. garage rockers do their hometown proud on their noisy, grungy second album.
Brazilian electro group continues to buzz on, without the fun or much in the way of good songs.
After a bout of E. Coli, Will Wiesenfeld returns with a haunting and dark new full-length.
Chicago power pop group softens some of their glam-rock heroism for a subtler approach.