Album Reviews
R.E.M.’s major label debut hits its 25th anniversary, and holds up nicely after all this time.
UK post-punk titans reveal three decades of venom and power on their new double-disc singles comp.
Brazilian psych legends balance experimentation with conventional pop sounds on second post-comeback album.
NYC noise artist Margaret Chardiet finds an inexplicable beauty in sheer sonic horror.
Post-collegiate indie pop darlings take a step further into graduate-level composition.
Baltimore noise-rock group’s debut taps some classic grunge aesthetics to great effect.
After a misfire in 2007, Iggy Pop and the Stooges come roaring back with some good, old fashioned raw power.
Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson make for an incredibly odd pair on their debut as The Uncluded.
Californian singer-songwriter offers up a big, lush sonic affair on his second album.
On their second album, UK dream-pop duo Still Corners remove their spookier elements and focus on the hooks.
UK occult rockers conjure up some witchcraft the old fashioned way.
Bradford Cox & Co. score one for Team Joey and Team Dee Dee on this noisy, catchy set.
On their debut album, the UK’s Savages cut through the noise and go for the jugular.
M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel are still just as sweet and tuneful, if not quite as vibrant.
New Mexico sludge metal trio make every last minute count on this brief set.
Gruff Rhys and Boom Bip step out of the ’80s to tell the tale of revolutionary Giangiacomo Feltrinelli.
Electronic duo continues to challenge perceptions of where sound ends and music begins.
Louisville punks grow ever more sophisticated and melodic on their fourth album.