Album Reviews

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

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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

Spirit of the Beehive You'll Have to Lose Something review

Spirit of the Beehive : You’ll Have to Lose Something

The Philadelphia group create a vehicle for catharsis on their latest

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