Victims Horse and Sparrow Theory review

Victims : The Horse and Sparrow Theory

Not the most groundbreaking hardcore record, but one that still feels pretty good.

black midi schlagenheim review

black midi – Schlagenheim

The London-based band embrace a defiantly weird sound in an age of chillout playlists.

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Pelican : Nighttime Stories

The instrumental group returns after six years with an album marked by grief and intensity.

fucked up one day review

Titus Andronicus : An Obelisk

Patrick Stickles and company pull a 180 on their new album, and rock the fuck out.

joan shelley the spur review

Bill Callahan : Shepherd In a Sheepskin Vest

Callahan settles down, thinks about death and returns with a hell of a listen.

Serpent of Gnosis : As I Drink From the Well of Inebriation

Members of Job for a Cowboy and The Black Dahlia Murder

Bruce Springsteen Western Stars review

Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars

The Boss returns to his folk roots for an album of gritty humanity.

Yeasayer : Erotic Reruns

A slight improvement from 2016’s Amen & Goodbye that nonetheless feels too slight.

marina allen review

Faye Webster : Atlanta Millionaires Club

An album that seems familiar, despite how odd it is.

TENGGER : Spiritual 2

A new age album that breaks the confines of its genre stereotypes.

Iron and Wine Calexico Years to Burn review

Calexico and Iron & Wine : Years to Burn

The two artists reunite after 14 years with another set of breezy standout Americana.

Lust For Youth self-titled review

Lust For Youth : Lust For Youth

The Danish band’s most polished to date, but still of a piece with their broader synth-pop catalog.

helms alee keep this be the way review

Baroness – Gold & Grey

The weirdest, biggest and most rewardingly bold Baroness album to date.

Vanishing Twin Age of Immunology review

Vanishing Twin : The Age of Immunology

An enjoyable ride into utopian electronic pop.

Divine Comedy Office Politics review

The Divine Comedy : Office Politics

A characteristically witty look at office culture marks Neil Hannon’s latest.

Mavis Staples We Get By review

Mavis Staples : We Get By

The soul legend returns with collaborator Ben Harper on a set of socially conscious tunes.

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Black Mountain : Destroyer

The Canadian group’s fifth album is far from average stoner fare.

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Denzel Curry – Zuu

In less than a half-hour’s time, the South Florida rapper shows he might well have the clearest voice of all.

Hayden Thorpe Diviner review

Hayden Thorpe : Diviner

A more direct singer/songwriter record from the former Wild Beasts frontman.

Urochromes : Trope House

Twenty minutes of zero-fucks-given punk.