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On Open Door Policy , The Hold Steady evolve from bar hounds into lounge lizards
By Ashley Naftule February 19, 2021 | 2:00pm
Hayley Williams’ Flowers For Vases/Descansos dreamily wades between grief and acceptance
By Shannon Miller February 8, 2021 | 7:00pm
With OK Human , Weezer dresses up its pop in retro-’70s clothing
By Alex McLevy January 28, 2021 | 2:00pm
Taylor Swift’s deeply affecting evermore continues folklore ’s rich universe-building
By Annie Zaleski December 14, 2020 | 3:45pm
With McCartney III , Paul McCartney offers lessons from a legendary life
By Gwen Ihnat November 9, 2020 | 4:54pm
Ariana Grande finds her bliss with Positions
By Annie Zaleski November 2, 2020 | 8:00pm
Letter To You is one of the finest achievements of Bruce Springsteen’s careerBy Alex McLevy October 15, 2020 | 1:00pm
Sufjan Stevens rages and despairs through The Ascension ’s bloated protest bangers
By Randall Colburn September 24, 2020 | 3:37pm
With Smile , Katy Perry is desperately trying to have fun again
By Alex McLevy August 28, 2020 | 4:00am
Bright Eyes brings the drama on the sad, lovely Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was
By Randall Colburn August 21, 2020 | 4:00pm
Beyoncé’s Black Is King is an unfettered celebration of Blackness
By Shannon Miller July 31, 2020 | 7:00pm
Taylor Swift writes her own version of history on folklore
By Annie Zaleski July 24, 2020 | 8:30pm
Phoebe Bridgers is as anxious as the rest of us, but Punisher is still a soothing balm
By Katie Rife June 19, 2020 | 9:26pm
Lady Gaga returns to her electro-pop roots—and channels Madonna (again)—on Chromatica
By Patrick Gomez May 29, 2020 | 4:26am
The 1975 gets restless on the sprawling, unfocused Notes On A Conditional Form
By Annie Zaleski May 22, 2020 | 4:00pm
Moses Sumney’s ambitious Grae destroys binaries from within
By Max Freedman May 13, 2020 | 1:00pm
Hayley Williams’ solo debut Petals For Armor is therapy in sweet motion
By Shannon Miller May 8, 2020 | 4:00pm
Lucinda Williams meets some Good Souls Better Angels on a raucous trip to hell and back
By Katie Rife April 27, 2020 | 4:20pm
With Fetch The Bolt Cutters , Fiona Apple hits a zenith of liberation and experimentation
By Nina Corcoran April 17, 2020 | 1:00pm
Morrissey barks and bites on I Am Not A Dog On A Chain
By Josh Modell March 20, 2020 | 1:00pm
Pearl Jam does the evolution on the ambitious, if uneven, Gigaton
By Alex McLevy March 9, 2020 | 5:50pm
Mandy Moore emerges older and wiser on Silver Landings , her first album in 11 years
By Gwen Ihnat March 5, 2020 | 4:00pm
Changes finds Justin Bieber on the bumpy road to maturityBy Annie Zaleski February 18, 2020 | 4:35pm
Tame Impala has nothing left to hide behind on The Slow Rush
By Max Freedman February 13, 2020 | 4:00pm
Kesha strikes a self-assured pop balance on High Road
By Annie Zaleski January 31, 2020 | 9:20pm
With Fine Line , Harry Styles transforms into a California-pop iconoclast
By Annie Zaleski December 17, 2019 | 2:00pm
A weary Beck occasionally lifts off on Hyperspace
By Josh Modell November 25, 2019 | 9:15pm
Coldplay runs away from Coldplay on the wildly uneven Everyday Life
By Josh Modell November 22, 2019 | 2:00pm
DJ Shadow’s triumphant new LP is part evolution, part class reunion
By Alex McLevy November 14, 2019 | 6:00pm
Before Brian Eno made Music For Airports , Ernest Hood made music for Neighborhoods
By Marty Sartini Garner October 10, 2019 | 8:35pm
On Ghosteen , Nick Cave invites us into his bright abyss
By Marty Sartini Garner October 7, 2019 | 6:00pm
Angel Olsen’s All Mirrors is a gorgeous but fatiguing listen
By Annie Zaleski October 3, 2019 | 4:00pm
Chelsea Wolfe goes back to the land on the starkly beautiful Birth Of Violence
By Katie Rife September 12, 2019 | 3:00pm
Lana Del Rey goes confessional on the meandering Norman Fucking Rockwell
By Annie Zaleski September 3, 2019 | 3:40pm
Ezra Furman sings to the barricades on the righteous, furious Twelve Nudes
By Katie Rife August 28, 2019 | 3:00pm
Taylor Swift is done proving herself on the resonant Lover
By Annie Zaleski August 26, 2019 | 5:00pm
The Hold Steady makes a loose, welcome return to Thrashing Thru The Passion
By Jesse Hassenger August 15, 2019 | 3:00pm
Sleater-Kinney is down, but not defeated, on The Center Won’t Hold
By Katie Rife August 14, 2019 | 5:30pm
Chance The Rapper celebrates union on his triumphant studio release The Big Day
By Adam Isaac Itkoff July 29, 2019 | 4:50pm
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib go 2 for 2 with the head-spinning Bandana
By Clayton Purdom June 26, 2019 | 3:00pm
Bruce Springsteen tries to lose himself under the cinematic scope of Western Stars
By Alex McLevy June 12, 2019 | 11:00am
Left-field cameos fuel Flying Lotus’ latest odyssey, Flamagra
By Mosi Reeves May 24, 2019 | 1:00pm
Relationship status with Morrissey’s new covers album: It’s complicated
By Josh Modell May 23, 2019 | 3:00pm
The National takes a deep breath on the revelatory I Am Easy To Find
By Randall Colburn May 16, 2019 | 5:00pm
Vampire Weekend brilliantly stretches its own definition on Father Of The Bride
By Josh Modell May 2, 2019 | 1:00pm
Lizzo loves herself, and learns to love somebody else, on the empowered yet tender Cuz I Love You
By Katie Rife April 19, 2019 | 5:00pm
Weyes Blood ascends to new musical heights on the lush, cinematic Titanic Rising
By Katie Rife April 5, 2019 | 5:00pm
LPX is the American Robyn, and her new EP proves she’s ready for pop stardom
By Alex McLevy March 26, 2019 | 3:00pm
More empathetic than incendiary, this is still Andrew Bird’s Finest Work Yet
By Danette Chavez March 22, 2019 | 3:00pm
Singing like she never has before, Jenny Lewis puts it all On The Line
By Annie Zaleski March 20, 2019 | 5:00pm
What more do you want from Weezer at this point?
By Jesse Hassenger March 1, 2019 | 4:00pm
Two new rarities albums show the songs Alex Chilton was in love with
By Gwen Ihnat February 25, 2019 | 5:15pm
Ariana Grande has no fucks to spare on the thrilling Thank U, Next
By Annie Zaleski February 11, 2019 | 8:00pm
James Blake’s Assume Form is both a surprising twist and a logical conclusion
By Brian Howe January 22, 2019 | 5:01pm
Sharon Van Etten embraces the here and now on Remind Me Tomorrow
By Annie Zaleski January 17, 2019 | 6:00pm
Deerhunter’s eighth LP is a sci-fi salve for 21st-century anxiety
By Matt Williams January 16, 2019 | 6:00pm
Earl Sweatshirt locks in on the uncompromising Some Rap Songs
By Clayton Purdom December 6, 2018 | 3:30pm
Black Velvet pays poignant tribute to late soul singer Charles BradleyBy Katie Rife November 9, 2018 | 3:30pm
Thom Yorke summons a dark new sound in Suspiria
By Clayton Purdom October 26, 2018 | 3:00pm
Lil Wayne’s long-overdue Tha Carter V , plus High On Fire and more in this week’s music reviews
By The A.V. Club, Clayton Purdom, A.A. Dowd, Annie Zaleski October 5, 2018 | 4:00pm
Cat Power’s Wanderer can’t quite find its way
By Annie Zaleski October 4, 2018 | 2:00pm
Cher does ABBA, BROCKHAMPTON sprawls out, and more in this week’s music reviews
By The A.V. Club, A.A. Dowd, Annie Zaleski, David Anthony September 28, 2018 | 5:15pm
A rare view of Prince, plus Metric and more in this week’s new music
By The A.V. Club, Gwen Ihnat, Alex McLevy, Marty Sartini Garner September 21, 2018 | 1:00pm
Christine And The Queens’ swaggering Chris revels in fluid identities
By Annie Zaleski September 20, 2018 | 2:00pm
Noname opens up, and invites us to do the same, on the unapologetic Room 25
By Dianca London Potts September 19, 2018 | 3:45pm
Jóhann Jóhansson embraces the void on the doom-metal influenced Mandy soundtrack
By Katie Rife September 18, 2018 | 8:50pm
New albums out today: Low, Paul Weller, Spirit Of The Beehive, and more
By The A.V. Club, David Anthony, Annie Zaleski September 14, 2018 | 2:00pm
Spiritualized’s grand goodbye, Joey Purp’s live-wire mixtape, and more new music reviews
By The A.V. Club, Clayton Purdom, David Anthony, Tabassum Siddiqui September 7, 2018 | 2:00pm
The battle for baby-boomer relevance pits Paul against Paul
By Jesse Hassenger September 5, 2018 | 5:00pm
Wild Nothing’s best album yet, Danny Brown’s Twitch mixtape, and more music to hear this week
By The A.V. Club, A.A. Dowd, Annie Zaleski, Alex McLevy, Marty Sartini Garner, Nina Corcoran August 31, 2018 | 3:00pm
Desire and gender run free on Anna Calvi’s ferocious Hunter
By Kelsey J. Waite August 31, 2018 | 2:00pm
Blood Orange builds a refuge for Black stories on the exquisite Negro Swan
By Judnick Mayard August 30, 2018 | 3:40pm
Ariana Grande and Mogwai lead a stellar week in new music
By The A.V. Club, Gwen Ihnat, Marty Sartini Garner, Annie Zaleski August 24, 2018 | 3:00pm
Nicki Minaj, Animal Collective, and Death Cab lead a busy week in new releases
By The A.V. Club, Nina Hernandez, Alex McLevy, kenneth-partridge August 17, 2018 | 2:00pm
Mitski is alone in the middle of the dance floor on the playful Be The Cowboy
By Katie Rife August 16, 2018 | 4:00pm
Foxing’s excellent, elastic Nearer My God leads this week’s new releases
By The A.V. Club, David Anthony, Alex McLevy August 10, 2018 | 1:00pm
YG, Helena Hauff, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Clayton Purdom, Marty Sartini Garner, Matt Gerardi, Colin McGowan August 3, 2018 | 2:00pm
The Internet, Skeletonwitch, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Astrid Budgor July 20, 2018 | 2:00pm
Dirty Projectors, Deafheaven, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Marty Sartini Garner, A.A. Dowd, Sean O'Neal July 13, 2018 | 2:00pm
Bjørn Torske, Bodega, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Alex McLevy, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky July 6, 2018 | 3:00pm
Scorpion is a whole shitload of DrakeBy Clayton Purdom July 2, 2018 | 6:30pm
Florence + The Machine, Gorillaz, and more albums to know about this week
By Katie Rife, Clayton Purdom, David Brusie, Sean O'Neal, Matt Williams, Gwen Ihnat June 29, 2018 | 3:00pm
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By Clayton Purdom June 22, 2018 | 7:30pm
Nine Inch Nails, Kamasi Washington, and more albums to know about this week
By Matt Gerardi, Sean O'Neal, Colin McGowan, Kyle Ryan June 22, 2018 | 6:00pm
Everything Is Love is big enough for Beyoncé and JAY-Z bothBy Clayton Purdom June 19, 2018 | 10:35pm
Nas and Kanye make a rushed connection on Nasir
By Colin McGowan June 15, 2018 | 4:37pm
Melody’s Echo Chamber, Rolling Blackouts CF, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Marty Sartini Garner, Annie Zaleski, Gwen Ihnat, Kelsey J. Waite June 15, 2018 | 4:00pm
Kid Cudi lifts Kanye up on Kids See Ghosts
By Marty Sartini Garner June 11, 2018 | 4:30pm
Lykke Li, Zeal & Ardor, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, A.A. Dowd, Matt Gerardi, Jesse Hassenger, Annie Zaleski June 8, 2018 | 1:00pm
Ye won’t change your mind on KanyeBy Clayton Purdom June 1, 2018 | 5:14pm
Father John Misty, LUMP, The Dreebs, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Marty Sartini Garner, Nina Hernandez, Matt Williams June 1, 2018 | 2:00pm
Neko Case is a force of nature on the masterful Hell-On
By Katie Rife May 31, 2018 | 6:00pm
Oneohtrix Point Never goes pop, then obliterates it on the excellent Age Of
By Sean O'Neal May 30, 2018 | 2:00pm
The bracing, brilliant Daytona is uncut Pusha T
By Clayton Purdom May 25, 2018 | 6:16pm
Chvrches, Wooden Shjips, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Matt Gerardi, Sean O'Neal May 25, 2018 | 2:00pm
Parquet Courts, Stephen Malkmus, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Clayton Purdom, Annie Zaleski, Sean O'Neal, Matt Williams May 18, 2018 | 1:00pm
Courtney Barnett lacks the energy to Tell Me How You Really Feel
By Annie Zaleski May 17, 2018 | 4:00pm
Making the case for Bruce Springsteen’s decade away from E Street
By Alex McLevy May 16, 2018 | 11:00am
Beach House finds beauty in chaos on album no. 7
By Kelsey J. Waite May 11, 2018 | 3:45pm
Arctic Monkeys, Tee Grizzley, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Kyle Ryan, Noel Murray, Annie Zaleski, A.A. Dowd May 11, 2018 | 1:00pm
Rae Sremmurd’s SR3MM instantly enters the triple-album pantheon
By Clayton Purdom May 9, 2018 | 4:55pm
Jon Hopkins, DJ Koze, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Matt Gerardi, Clayton Purdom, Gwen Ihnat, Jesse Hassenger, Kyle Ryan May 4, 2018 | 2:00pm
Janelle Monáe comes out as an icon on the superb Dirty Computer
By Danette Chavez April 27, 2018 | 7:52pm
Dr. Dog, Okkervil River, and more albums to know about this week
By A.V. Club, Matt Gerardi, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy April 27, 2018 | 2:00pm
A Perfect Circle, Sting & Shaggy, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Sean O'Neal, Katie Rife, Lily Moayeri April 20, 2018 | 1:00pm
Manic Street Preachers, A Place To Bury Strangers, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Kyle Ryan, Annie Zaleski, Gwen Ihnat April 13, 2018 | 2:00pm
Cardi B fulfills the promise of “Bodak Yellow” on Invasion Of Privacy
By Clayton Purdom April 6, 2018 | 5:29pm
Wye Oak, Eels, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Matt Gerardi, Alex McLevy, Kyle Ryan, Ryan Bray, Clayton Purdom, Nina Hernandez, Annie Zaleski April 6, 2018 | 2:00pm
