Music Review

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  Music Review Punch Brothers: Who's Feeling Young Now?

  Growing a rock band from bluegrass roots.

  February 14, 2012 | 12:07am -

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  Music Review Earth: Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II

  The second half of a drone-folk opus doesn’t quite measure up to the first. 

  February 14, 2012 | 12:06am -

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  Music Review Field Music: Plumb

  More buttoned-down pop from the remarkably consistent U.K. band.  

  February 14, 2012 | 12:05am -

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  Music Review Shearwater: Animal Joy

  The long-running chamber-folk act stops getting delicate and starts getting real. 

  February 14, 2012 | 12:04am -

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  Music Review Tennis: Young & Old

  The garage-pop band serves up a bright, tuneful sophomore effort. 

  February 14, 2012 | 12:03am -

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  Music Review Heartless Bastards: Arrow

  Erika Wennestrom and crew teach old rock some new tricks. 

  February 14, 2012 | 12:02am -

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  Music Review Young Magic: Melt

  Chillwave goes on a spirit quest.  

  February 14, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  Music Review The Fray: Scars & Stories

  The Denver quartet churns out more sensitive, mid-tempo tunes.  

  February 14, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Music Review Van Halen: A Different Kind Of Truth 

  A surprising, even shocking, comeback album. 

  February 7, 2012 | 12:09am -

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  Music Review Sharon Van Etten: Tramp

  A singer-songwriter comes into her own.

  February 7, 2012 | 12:08am -

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  Music Review Of Montreal: Paralytic Stalks 

  Pop debris swirls in Kevin Barnes’ latest sonic tornado. 

  February 7, 2012 | 12:07am -

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  Music Review Air: Le Voyage Dans La Lune

  One French institution pays homage to another.

  February 7, 2012 | 12:06am -

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  Music Review Paul McCartney: Kisses On The Bottom 

  Macca makes his inevitable standards album. 

  February 7, 2012 | 12:05am -

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  Music Review The Twilight Sad: No One Can Ever Know 

  Trading guitars for synths doesn’t make the Scots any less sinister. 

  February 7, 2012 | 12:04am -

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  Music Review Dr. Dog: Be The Void

  The indie-rock vets flawlessly recapture their youth. 

  February 7, 2012 | 12:03am -

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  Music Review Mark Lanegan Band: Blues Funeral 

  An immortal voice makes a disc that instantly dates itself. 

  February 7, 2012 | 12:02am -

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  Music Review Lindstrøm: Six Cups Of Rebel 

  The Norwegian producer sets phasers to funk and fails to stun. 

  February 7, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  Music Review Patrice O’Neal 

  The late, great comic’s last words.

  February 7, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Music Review Lana Del Rey: Born To Die 

  Flighty pop from the new queen of Internet provocation. 

  January 31, 2012 | 12:09am -

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  Music Review Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas

  The singer-songwriter dares to sound proudly old.

  January 31, 2012 | 12:08am -

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  Music Review Hospitality: Hospitality

  Indie-pop newcomers offer a bold sound and big hearts. 

  January 31, 2012 | 12:07am -

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  Music Review Escort: Escort

  An LP five years in the making delivers classic disco thrills. 

  January 31, 2012 | 12:06am -

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  Music Review Imperial Teen: Feel The Sound 

  Teenage bliss, all grown up. 

  January 31, 2012 | 12:05am -

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  Music Review Black Bananas: Rad Times Xpress IV

  Royal Trux’s female half takes a half-hearted stab at reinvention. 

  January 31, 2012 | 12:04am -

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  Music Review Imbogodom: And They Turned Not When They Went 

  An experimental duo reins in the noise—but not the atmosphere. 

  January 31, 2012 | 12:03am -

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  Music Review Heems: Nehru Jackets

  Das Racist’s loudest third makes a big solo noise.

  January 31, 2012 | 12:02am -

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  Music Review Schoolboy Q: Habits & Contradictions 

  An erratic, utterly compelling sophomore effort from the Compton rapper.  

  January 31, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  Music Review John Mulaney: New In Town

  A child-like look at an adult psyche. 

  January 31, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Music Review Cloud Nothings: Attack On Memory 

  A bedroom pop tunesmith goes for a big rock sound.  

  January 24, 2012 | 12:11am -

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  Music Review Craig Finn: Clear Heart Full Eyes 

  The Hold Steady singer explores new worlds, both lyrical and musical. 

  January 24, 2012 | 12:10am -