Album Reviews

Unto Others Never, Neverland review

Unto Others : Never, Neverland

The Portland heavy metal outfit dial back the ’80s influences and turn up the pop hooks

Alan Sparhawk White Roses My God review

Alan Sparhawk : White Roses, My God

Let’s go ahead and get this out of the way: White Roses, My God is…

Origami Angel Feeling Not Found review

Origami Angel : Feeling Not Found

The Washington, D.C. duo deliver their best album to date, rife with heavy emotions and more than a few good puns

Ty Segall Love Rudiments review

Ty Segall : Love Rudiments

The prolific garage rock singer/songwriter shifts gears into avant garde percussion composition

Fentanyl review

Fentanyl : Fentanyl

Brief bursts of rowdy clamor

Bright Eyes Five Dice All Threes review

Bright Eyes : Five Dice, All Threes

On Conor Oberst and company’s return, there are no half measures

William Basinski September 23rd

William Basinski : September 23rd

An archival release of bleak, beautiful drones

Chime School The Boy Who Ran the Paisley Hotel

Chime School : The Boy Who Ran the Paisley Hotel

Jangly guitar pop for a foggy fall season

The Bug Machine review

The Bug : Machine

Kevin Martin’s first The Bug release for Relapse delves deeper into industrial dub

The Jesus Lizard Rack review

The Jesus Lizard : Rack

The noise rock legends’ first album in 26 recaptures their cacophonous glory

Dummy Free Energy review

Dummy : Free Energy

The L.A. psych-pop group expand their sound with a set of immersive, headphone-candy stunners

most anticipated albums of fall 2024 - Nala Sinephro

Nala Sinephro : Endlessness

The ambient jazz artist crafts a more dynamic journey of highs, lows and recurring cycles

Johnny Foreigner How to Be Hopeful review

Johnny Foreigner : How to Be Hopeful

The Birmingham, UK group return after eight years with one of their strongest albums to date

Papangu Lampiao Rei review

Papangu : Lampi​ã​o Rei

The Brazilian prog/metal group expand on their stellar debut with an even more eclectic follow-up

Zeal & Ardor Greif review

Zeal & Ardor : Greif

An always interesting band takes some curious stylistic detours on their latest album

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Wild God review

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds : Wild God

The Bad Seeds sound like a band reinvigorated on this maximalist, emotional set of songs

Midwife No Depression in Heaven review

Midwife : No Depression in Heaven

Madeline Johnston strips back some of the doom metal elements on one of her most emotionally impactful releases

Jon Hopkins Ritual review

Jon Hopkins : RITUAL

The electronic producer’s latest delivers a world of nuance best experienced with a good set of headphones

Fake Fruit Mucho Mistrust review

Fake Fruit : Mucho Mistrust

An album that’s not just more mature but advanced in sonics

Melt-Banana 3+5 review

Melt-Banana : 3+5

Despite its flaws, the noise rock legends’ latest is a thrilling return