Album Reviews

Vagabon Sorry I Haven't called review

Vagabon : Sorry I Haven’t Called

Laetitia Tamko delves further into electronic spaces with vibrant and massive results

Loraine James Gentle Confrontation review

Loraine James : Gentle Confrontation

The UK producer offers a vision of soul and emotion in a digitized space

Mitski the Land is inhospitable review

Mitski : The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We

Mitski takes a long hard look at America through the sound of haunted Americana

Tyler Childers Rustin' in the Rain review

Tyler Childers: Rustin’ in the Rain

As of this writing—as it has been for most of the summer—the top three songs…

Chai Chai review

CHAI : CHAI

The Japanese quartet return with an album full of disco beats and an infectious cheerleading for mankind

Baroness STONE review

Baroness : STONE

Baroness explore some of their weirdest and most surprising material on their sixth, non-chromatic album

Romy Mid Air review

Romy : Mid Air

The xx vocalist’s solo debut is a pop album beaming with joy

Islands And That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs

Islands : And That’s Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs

The Canadian indie pop group’s ninth album is intriguingly awash in muted malaise

Angel Du$t Brand New Soul review

Angel Du$t : Brand New Soul

The Baltimore group helmed by Trapped Under Ice’s Justice Tripp deliver their most versatile set of songs

chemical brothers for that beautiful feeling review

The Chemical Brothers : For That Beautiful Feeling

The UK big beat legends hit a new creative streak on their thrilling new LP

Sprain the Lamb as effigy review

Sprain : The Lamb As Effigy or Three Hundred and Fifty XOXOXOS for a Spark Union With My Darling Divine

Sprain compel you to ponder while the gargantuan pieces on this 96-minute LP collapse and reassemble

Hüsker Dü tonite longhorn review

Hüsker Dü : Tonite Longhorn

The punk legends captured at their rawest on this new document

Hey Colossus In Blood review

Hey Colossus : In Blood

The UK noise-psych group ease into a more melodic groove on their 10th full-length album

Jeff Rosenstock Hellmode review

Jeff Rosenstock : HELLMODE

A sonic replica of how it feels to live in so-called “interesting times”

Drab Majesty An Object in Motion

Drab Majesty : An Object In Motion

Sometimes an identity crisis is a good thing. On Drab Majesty‘s new mini-album An Object…

Earl Sweatshirt Voir dire review

Earl Sweatshirt and the Alchemist : Voir Dire

Earl’s new collab with The Alchemist is one of the breeziest in his catalog

Slowdive Everything Is Alive

Slowdive : Everything Is Alive

With their second album of their second act, the shoegaze legends continue to explore the limits of their hazy sound

Spellling and the Mystery School review

SPELLLING : SPELLLING & The Mystery School

Chrystia Cabral revisits earlier material for the sake of a bold new vision.

The Front Bottoms

The Front Bottoms : You Are Who You Hang Out With

The long running punk/emo group change up their approach with a little more Auto-Tune

Be Your Own Pet Mommy review

Be Your Own Pet : Mommy

The Tennessee punk band return with their first new album in 15 years and a fresh, mature perspective