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Wavves, Land Of Talk, (Sandy) Alex G, and more in this week’s music reviews
By Alex McLevy, Sean O'Neal, Kelsey J. Waite, Josh Terry, Danette Chavez, Annie Zaleski
May 19, 2017 | 5:00am
Harry Styles takes a bold step forward by leaning on the past in his solo debut
By Annie Zaleski
May 15, 2017 | 3:00pm
Girlpool, PWR BTTM, Todd Rundgren, and more in this week’s music reviews
By Josh Modell, Gwen Ihnat, Katie Rife, Clayton Purdom
May 12, 2017 | 5:00am
The new At The Drive-In record is exactly what you don’t want from a reunion
By Clayton Purdom
May 5, 2017 | 3:35pm
Mac DeMarco embraces dad-rock on
This Old Dog
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
May 5, 2017 | 3:08pm
Perfume Genius, Forest Swords, Black Lips, and more in this week’s music reviews
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Sean O'Neal, Matt Gerardi, Meagan Fredette, kenneth-partridge, Alex McLevy
May 5, 2017 | 5:00am
Sylvan Esso subverts and embraces the pop world on a brilliant second album
By Josh Modell
April 28, 2017 | 5:00am
Feist’s
Pleasure
is a demanding record expressing demanding emotions
By Erik Adams
April 28, 2017 | 5:00am
Gorillaz turn our national dystopia into more manic cartoon pop on
Humanz
By Clayton Purdom
April 28, 2017 | 5:00am
Thurston Moore, Colin Stetson, Juliana Hatfield, and more in this week’s music reviews
By Clayton Purdom, Alex McLevy, kenneth-partridge, Sean O'Neal
April 28, 2017 | 5:00am
Charly Bliss, The Black Angels, Incubus, and more in this week’s music reviews
By Clayton Purdom, Gwen Ihnat, Laura M. Browning, Sean O'Neal, A.A. Dowd, Ryan Bray, Alex McLevy
April 21, 2017 | 5:00am
Kendrick Lamar takes on all comers with the sharp, streamlined
Damn.
By Evan Rytlewski
April 17, 2017 | 2:50pm
Actress, Little Dragon, and John Mayer (but not Kendrick) in this week’s music reviews
By Alex McLevy, Kelsey J. Waite, Sean O'Neal
April 14, 2017 | 5:00am
On Future Islands’ elegant
The Far Field
, humanity (and ’80s pop) lives on
By Noel Murray
April 7, 2017 | 5:00am
Father John Misty’s
Pure Comedy
demands serious attention
By Annie Zaleski
April 7, 2017 | 5:00am
The New Pornographers, Arca, Joey Badass, and more in this week’s music reviews
By Nina Corcoran, Clayton Purdom, Sean O'Neal, Katie Rife, Kyle Ryan, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy
April 7, 2017 | 5:00am
Bob Dylan triples down on his late-career reinvention as a crooner
By Noel Murray
March 31, 2017 | 5:00am
Freddie Gibbs, Mastodon, Pile, and more in this week’s music reviews
By Clayton Purdom, Alex McLevy, Annie Zaleski, Erik Adams, David Anthony
March 31, 2017 | 5:00am
Craig Finn, Mount Eerie, Pallbearer, and more in this week’s music reviews
By Nina Corcoran, Annie Zaleski, David Anthony
March 24, 2017 | 5:00am
Drake’s
More Life
doesn’t know what the hell it wants to be, which makes it great
By Clayton Purdom
March 23, 2017 | 8:30pm
Spoon, Real Estate, and Sorority Noise in this week’s music reviews
By Nina Corcoran, Annie Zaleski, David Anthony
March 17, 2017 | 5:00am
The Shins, Laura Marling, Greg Graffin, and more in this week’s music reviews
By Matt Williams, Clayton Purdom, Laura M. Browning, David Anthony, Kelsey J. Waite, Ryan Bray
March 10, 2017 | 6:00am
The Magnetic Fields, Grandaddy, Minus The Bear, and more in this week’s music reviews
By Ryan Bray, Sean O'Neal, Randall Colburn, David Anthony
March 3, 2017 | 6:00am
Vagabon’s
Infinite Worlds
is a flawless, genre-hopping debut
By David Anthony
February 24, 2017 | 2:00pm
On
Forget
, Xiu Xiu achieves accessibility without much sacrifice
By Chris Mincher
February 24, 2017 | 2:00pm
Breakups are exhausting and inspiring on
Dirty Projectors
By Philip Cosores
February 24, 2017 | 6:00am
Maturing rather than mellowing with age suits Los Campesinos!
By Alex McLevy
February 24, 2017 | 6:00am
The Incessant
is like nothing Meat Wave has done before
By David Anthony
February 17, 2017 | 2:00pm
With
I’m Only Dreaming
, Eisley gets a little too dreamy
By Alex McLevy
February 17, 2017 | 6:00am
A brokenhearted Ryan Adams is the best Ryan Adams
By Noel Murray
February 17, 2017 | 6:00am
Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness has too much drama by design
By Chris Mincher
February 10, 2017 | 6:00am
The Sadies cut a fresh path through familiar territory on
Northern Passages
By kenneth-partridge
February 10, 2017 | 6:00am
The Menzingers have never sounded as weathered as they do on
After The Party
By David Anthony
February 3, 2017 | 2:00pm
Communions ditch brooding punk for triumphant power-pop on
Blue
By Maria Sherman
February 3, 2017 | 2:00pm
Tragedy leads to transformation in Surfer Blood’s
Snowdonia
By Chris Mincher
February 3, 2017 | 6:00am
Sampha’s
Process
is an R&B debut for the ages
By Clayton Purdom
February 3, 2017 | 6:00am
Culture
is the album Migos has been building toward for years
By Clayton Purdom
January 27, 2017 | 11:20pm
P.O.S. is reborn and revitalized on
Chill, Dummy
By David Anthony
January 27, 2017 | 3:00pm
Fred Thomas’ latest is a meta rumination on maturity
By Chris Mincher
January 27, 2017 | 2:00pm
Japandroids stretch but don’t stray on lovesick third album
By Kyle Ryan
January 27, 2017 | 6:00am
Cloud Nothings’
Life Without Sound
keeps the faith despite personal disorientation
By Annie Zaleski
January 27, 2017 | 6:00am
On her debut solo album, Allison Crutchfield finds peace in the discord
By David Anthony
January 27, 2017 | 6:00am
Joan Of Arc’s new album achieves its grand experiment, for better or worse
By David Anthony
January 20, 2017 | 2:00pm
Austra envisions a better tomorrow through
Future Politics
By Kelsey J. Waite
January 20, 2017 | 2:00pm
Foxygen wears opulence well on its fourth album
By John Everhart
January 20, 2017 | 6:00am
William Basinski offers a eulogy for David Bowie (if that’s what you want to believe)
By Sean O'Neal
January 20, 2017 | 6:00am
AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album,
AFI (The Blood Album)
By Annie Zaleski
January 20, 2017 | 6:00am
With the expansive
I See You
, The xx is ready for big stages and radio waves
By Philip Cosores
January 13, 2017 | 6:00am
Intensity overshadows corniness on Code Orange’s
Forever
By J.J. Anselmi
January 13, 2017 | 6:00am
Gone Is Gone starts becoming its own band on
Echolocation
By Dan Bogosian
January 6, 2017 | 6:00am
On
RTJ3
, Run The Jewels is here to rip everyone’s throats out
By Clayton Purdom
January 3, 2017 | 8:50pm
Silence speaks volumes on Brian Eno’s innovative, tranquil
Reflection
By Annie Zaleski
January 3, 2017 | 5:30pm
Nine Inch Nails starts anew on
Not The Actual Events
By Dan Bogosian
January 2, 2017 | 2:37pm
Hodgy’s journey to adulthood could use a few more specifics
By Dan Caffrey
December 14, 2016 | 6:00am
Childish Gambino conjures Parliament and Prince on soulful
“Awaken, My Love!”
By Dan Bogosian
December 2, 2016 | 7:15pm
A reissue of Telefon Tel Aviv’s landmark debut confirms its greatness
By Alex McLevy
December 2, 2016 | 6:00am
Kate Bush recasts her post-’85 catalog for the epic, vivid
Before The Dawn
By Kelsey J. Waite
December 2, 2016 | 6:00am
Peter Doherty gazes outward on the lush but ramshackle
Hamburg Demonstrations
By Randall Colburn
December 2, 2016 | 6:00am
The Weeknd’s resonant
Starboy
embraces the downside of fame
By Annie Zaleski
November 28, 2016 | 6:17pm
Bruno Mars takes homage-pop to the next level on the escapist
24K Magic
By Annie Zaleski
November 18, 2016 | 4:50pm
Metallica’s latest is quality thrash that gets a little tiring
By David Anthony
November 18, 2016 | 6:00am
Life goes on with A Tribe Called Quest
By Clayton Purdom
November 15, 2016 | 5:00pm
On
Jessica Rabbit
, Sleigh Bells pushes it to—and then past—the limit
By Kevin Warwick
November 11, 2016 | 6:00am
The Men return to their noisy roots with the tense
Devil Music
By Matt Williams
November 11, 2016 | 6:00am
You Blew It! lets itself wander on the experimental
Abendrot
By David Anthony
November 11, 2016 | 6:00am
Martha Wainwright hops genres on the dynamic, dauntless
Goodnight City
By Kelsey J. Waite
November 11, 2016 | 6:00am
Sadie Dupuis hits familiar, fresh notes with solo debut
Slugger
By David Anthony
November 11, 2016 | 6:00am
Honeyblood’s ambitious, unsettled
Babes Never Die
is a riotous success
By Annie Zaleski
November 4, 2016 | 5:00am
On Lambchop’s latest, there’s no country for old men
By Chris Mincher
November 4, 2016 | 5:00am
The Pop Group’s
Honeymoon On Mars
lacks danger, menace, and focus
By Annie Zaleski
October 28, 2016 | 5:00am
Mannequin Pussy loves furiously and fantastically on
Romantic
By Zoe Camp
October 28, 2016 | 5:00am
Carla Dal Forno enchants and evades on her solo debut
By Kelsey J. Waite
October 28, 2016 | 5:00am
Lady Gaga gets back on the right track with
Joanne
By Annie Zaleski
October 21, 2016 | 6:50pm
The Weakerthans’ John K. Samson navigates nature and technology on
Winter Wheat
By Randall Colburn
October 21, 2016 | 1:00pm
American Football’s second LP in 17 years is mostly worth the wait
By David Brusie
October 21, 2016 | 1:00pm
Leonard Cohen examines his life and details his laments on
You Want It Darker
By Annie Zaleski
October 21, 2016 | 5:00am
Jimmy Eat World doubles down on the familiar with
Integrity Blues
, and it works
By Zoe Camp
October 21, 2016 | 5:00am
Conor Oberst is stuck inside of Omaha with some serious snowbound blues
By kenneth-partridge
October 14, 2016 | 5:00am
Jamie Lidell completes his transition to organic soul
By Lily Moayeri
October 14, 2016 | 5:00am
Green Day are punks afraid of dying on the uncertain
Revolution Radio
By Alex McLevy
October 7, 2016 | 3:00pm
Springtime Carnivore is angsty and adrift in
Midnight Room
By Chris Mincher
October 7, 2016 | 2:00pm
The young punks of Joyce Manor’s
Cody
struggle to grow up
By Brian Shultz
October 7, 2016 | 1:00pm
An older, wiser, but no-less biting NOFX emerges on
First Ditch Effort
By Ryan Bray
October 7, 2016 | 5:00am
Pixies sound confident on
Head Carrier
, but the music lacks personality
By Randall Colburn
September 30, 2016 | 5:00am
Bon Iver processes success with symbolism on
22, A Million
By Steven Arroyo
September 30, 2016 | 5:00am
Neurosis extends its legacy with
Fires Within Fires
By J.J. Anselmi
September 23, 2016 | 2:00pm
The exuberant
Return To Love
is LVL UP’s most accomplished album yet
By David Anthony
September 23, 2016 | 1:00pm
Beach Slang accepts aging but still preaches to the punk kids
By Chris Mincher
September 23, 2016 | 5:00am
On
Pretty Years
, Cymbals Eat Guitars are more energized than ever
By David Anthony
September 16, 2016 | 2:00pm
Stage Four
is a monumental record of melodic hardcore for Touché Amoré
By Kevin Warwick
September 16, 2016 | 1:00pm
Against Me!’s latest is less protest, more romance
By Chris Mincher
September 16, 2016 | 5:00am
Wilco goes quiet
By Josh Modell
September 9, 2016 | 5:00am
Jack White haphazardly collects a career’s worth of acoustic recordings
By Noel Murray
September 9, 2016 | 5:00am
M.I.A. misses the mark on
AIM
By Lily Moayeri
September 9, 2016 | 5:00am
Angel Olsen reinvents herself again with the mesmerizing
My Woman
By Matt Williams
September 2, 2016 | 5:00am
Eluvium’s stark and evocative
False Readings On
finds beauty and anxiety in dissonance
By Randall Colburn
September 2, 2016 | 5:00am
The Wedding Present goes 3,000 miles, covers familiar ground on new LP
By kenneth-partridge
September 2, 2016 | 5:00am
Butch Walker’s classic-rock-leaning
Stay Gold
is nostalgic about roads not taken
By Annie Zaleski
August 26, 2016 | 2:00pm
And The Anonymous Nobody…
is De La Soul’s long-awaited but inspired return
By Ryan Bray
August 26, 2016 | 5:00am
Both of Frank Ocean’s new albums are more singular than you think
By Dan Caffrey
August 24, 2016 | 9:00pm
Slow Club’s new album is sleepy, disjointed, and lovely
By Laura M. Browning
August 22, 2016 | 3:22pm
Lydia Loveless’
Real
is an adventurous, brutally honest sucker punch
By Annie Zaleski
August 19, 2016 | 5:00am
AJJ widens its appeal on the bigger, weirder
The Bible 2
By Eric Swedlund
August 19, 2016 | 5:00am
On
Fishing Blues
, Atmosphere has crafted its most (cautiously) optimistic album yet
By Dan Caffrey
August 12, 2016 | 2:00pm
Of Montreal’s latest is a deft balancing act
By David Brusie
August 12, 2016 | 1:00pm
Russian Circles transcends the fray with
Guidance
By J.J. Anselmi
August 5, 2016 | 4:00pm
Wild Beasts commit to sinister way-out electro on
Boy King
By Kevin Warwick
August 5, 2016 | 3:00pm
On its 4th post-reunion offering, Dinosaur Jr. digs deep to unearth its best self
By Ian Thomas
August 5, 2016 | 2:00pm
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