Album Reviews 2024
Uniform & The Body : Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back
Two of industrial music's nastiest and noisiest combine for a dark and powerful set of music.
Ghost Funk Orchestra : A Song for Paul
The best version of a psych-rock band gone rhythm-obsessed and cinematically engrossed
Album of the Week: Pharmakon – Devour
A noise/industrial album that's appropriate to our times in ways other albums simply aren't.
Ceremony : In the Spirit World Now
Heavy or not, the band's latest contains some of their best melodies.
Blanck Mass : Animated Violence Mild
An impassioned, angry album that's an essential for those intrigued by dark electronica.
Field Mouse : Meaning
The Philly indie rock outfit deliver their most focused effort to date.
Album of the Week: Jay Som – Anak Ko
Melina Duterte's follow-up to 2017's <i>Everybody Works</i> is pretty but not precious, and harsh even when it's soft.
Tycho : Weather
An unusually lightweight set from the San Francisco electronic producer.
Shura : forevher
An enchanting pop record that makes soulful love more compelling than acrimonious break-ups.
Versus : Ex Voto
After nearly a decade, the New York indie rock outfit returns at the peak of their powers.
G&D : Black Love and War
The partners in music and life start the mutiny on the dance floor.
Album of the Week: Tropical Fuck Storm – Braindrops
The Australian group's second LP is a necessary piece of psychedelic post-punk weirdness.
Cable : Take the Stairs to Hell
A somewhat successful but single minded effort of abrasive noise rock.
Street Sects : Gentrification III: Death and Displacement
A two-track EP of pure violence.
Wear Your Wounds : Rust on the Gates of Heaven
Jacob Bannon of Converge assembles a proper band for his other project, and it grows into something impressive.
Album of the Week: Sleater-Kinney – The Center Won’t Hold
The trio's ninth, St. Vincent-produced album is both a testament to their enduring power and ability to leave their comfort zone.
Elephant9 : Psychedelic Backfire I and II
An affirmation that the Canadian jazz-prog group is the real deal.