Uniform American Standard review

Uniform : American Standard

The industrial metal outfit offer their most harrowing album to date, a sublime and intense work of body horror

Illuminati Hotties power review

Illuminati Hotties : Power

Sarah Tudzin offers her most consistent set of power pop to date

Belong Realistic IX review

Belong : Realistic IX

The experimental New Orleans shoegaze group return with more songs than abstract shapes

Pat Metheny MoonDial

Pat Metheny : MoonDial

Pat Metheny’s MoonDial is a singular work of patience and technique composed by a singular…

Fulci Duck Face Killings review

Fulci : Duck Face Killings

The Italian death metal group balance eerie atmosphere with old-school riffs on their latest

King Gizzard Flight b741 review

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard : FLIGHT b741

The prolific Australian psych group make a surprising, confounding turn toward Southern boogie rock

Fucked Up Another Day

Fucked Up : Another Day

A little over a year after their ‘One Day’ experiment, the group delivers their second in a planned series of four seasons

And So I Watch You From Afar Megafauna review

And So I Watch You From Afar : Megafauna

The Belfast post-rock group crafts an album length suite of grand vision and taut dynamics

Chrystabell and David Lynch Cellophane Memories review

Chrystabell and David Lynch : Cellophane Memories

The longtime collaborators bring ambient beauty to their surrealistic art on their latest album

Common Pete Rock The Auditorium review

Common & Pete Rock : The Auditorium Vol. 1

An outstanding boom-bap statement from two decades-long hip-hop veterans

Cassandra Jenkins My Light My Destroyer review

Cassandra Jenkins : My Light, My Destroyer

Cassandra Jenkins’ My Light, My Destroyer is a sprawling sonic journey. Juxtaposing classic roots music…

Beachwood Sparks Across the River of Stars review

Beachwood Sparks : Across the River of Stars

A pleasing but far-too-slight return from the California country janglers

Oneida Expensive Air review

Oneida : Expensive Air

The veteran New York group find a successful fusion of punk and psychedelia on their sixteenth album

Wand vertigo review

Wand : Vertigo

The L.A. psych band finds a successful merger between their noisier guitar squalls and moody art rock brooding

Gaffa Tape Sandy Hold My Hand God Damn It

Gaffa Tape Sandy : Hold My Hand God Damn It

The UK punks embrace a more eclectic and mature approach on their debut full-length

Los Campesinos all hell review

Los Campesinos! : All Hell

The Welsh indie/emo heroes’ first album in seven years is an ambitious, strong comeback that takes a little time to warm up

Kokoko! Butu review

KOKOKO! : BUTU

The Congolese electronic group dial up the synths on their sophomore album

Jake Xerxes Fussell When I'm Called review

Jake Xerxes Fussell : When I’m Called

The singer/songwriter’s latest imbues unique character into songs informed by a long folk tradition

Joe Goddard Harmonics review

Joe Goddard : Harmonics

The veteran member of Hot Chip returns with his third and most consistently fun album

Fire-Toolz Breeze review

Fire-Toolz : Breeze

Serenity through the aesthetics of extreme metal