Album Reviews
The ambient composer follows up a celebratory lounge-disco album with a mournful set of ghostly loops.
The L.A. band’s new set of collaborative tracks is their closest approximation of vintage industrial.
Darren Cunningham’s latest is a great batch of songs that feel strangely disconnected from one another.
The Mike Patton-fronted art-metal weirdos revisit their thrash days on this reworking of their early demo.
March Richter explores the human voice in his more spacious set of dark ambient compositions.
Daniel Lopatin’s most accessible release to date is also a new high point for the producer.
The former Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist strikes out on his own eclectic debut solo LP.
The National frontman’s debut solo album takes more of a comfort-listen approach than that of his band.
The Arkansas doom metal band tighten up and push the hooks forward on their fourth album.
The Big Thief vocalist/songwriter delivers two companion albums rich in atmosphere.
The end result of an inspired collaboration that fuses two sonically different but creatively attuned artists into a triumphant metal LP.
The Arkestra’s first album in two decades revisits classic material and gives it new life.
What exactly is the first clue that Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin is…
The singer/songwriter balances melancholy and warmth on his grief-stricken, yet lived-in new album.
The L.A. noise rap trio deliver an immediate set of horror-hip-hop thrills interspersed with weird, harsh terror.
The New York jazz duo cook up a session that’s full of groove.
The post-hardcore outfit offers a promising showcase of experimentation that never quite goes far enough.