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Vince Staples drops his second straight classic
By Clayton Purdom June 23, 2017 | 5:00am
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Big Boi, Jeff Tweedy, Young Thug, and more in this week’s music reviews
By Josh Modell, Gwen Ihnat, Renato Pagnani, Clayton Purdom June 23, 2017 | 5:00am
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Algiers’ The Underside Of Power is the album 2017 needs
By Sean O'Neal June 20, 2017 | 4:40pm
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Thank god SZA finally released Ctrl
By Clayton Purdom June 16, 2017 | 12:00pm
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Fleet Foxes return with Crack-Up, but get lost in the mix
By Nina Corcoran June 16, 2017 | 12:00pm
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Chuck Berry’s final album makes a casually profound closing statement
By Noel Murray June 16, 2017 | 5:00am
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The Drums, Portugal. The Man, Ride, and more in this week’s music reviews
By Matt Williams, Sean O'Neal, kenneth-partridge, Ryan Bray, Philip Cosores, Annie Zaleski, Clayton Purdom June 16, 2017 | 5:00am
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Katy Perry runs away from her strengths on the pop slog Witness
By Annie Zaleski June 9, 2017 | 5:15pm
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Phoenix at the disco
By Josh Modell June 9, 2017 | 5:00am
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Cigarettes After Sex, Alt-J, Big Thief, and more in this week’s music reviews
By Josh Modell, Gwen Ihnat, Alex McLevy, kenneth-partridge, Josh Terry June 9, 2017 | 5:00am
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It’s okay to not care about Lil Yachty
By Clayton Purdom June 2, 2017 | 5:00am
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Amber Coffman, Gucci Mane, and more in this week’s music reviews
By Clayton Purdom, Gwen Ihnat, Matt Gerardi, Erik Adams, A.A. Dowd, Annie Zaleski June 2, 2017 | 5:00am
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The Mountain Goats get a little lost in the darkness of Goths
By Danette Chavez May 19, 2017 | 5:00am
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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
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Harry Styles takes a bold step forward by leaning on the past in his solo debut
By Annie Zaleski May 15, 2017 | 3:00pm
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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
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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
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Mac DeMarco embraces dad-rock on This Old Dog
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky May 5, 2017 | 3:08pm
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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
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Sylvan Esso subverts and embraces the pop world on a brilliant second album
By Josh Modell April 28, 2017 | 5:00am
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Feist’s Pleasure is a demanding record expressing demanding emotions
By Erik Adams April 28, 2017 | 5:00am
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Gorillaz turn our national dystopia into more manic cartoon pop on Humanz
By Clayton Purdom April 28, 2017 | 5:00am
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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
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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
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Kendrick Lamar takes on all comers with the sharp, streamlined Damn.
By Evan Rytlewski April 17, 2017 | 2:50pm
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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
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On Future Islands’ elegant The Far Field, humanity (and ’80s pop) lives on
By Noel Murray April 7, 2017 | 5:00am
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Father John Misty’s Pure Comedy demands serious attention
By Annie Zaleski April 7, 2017 | 5:00am
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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
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Bob Dylan triples down on his late-career reinvention as a crooner
By Noel Murray March 31, 2017 | 5:00am
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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
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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
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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
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Spoon, Real Estate, and Sorority Noise in this week’s music reviews
By Nina Corcoran, Annie Zaleski, David Anthony March 17, 2017 | 5:00am
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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
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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
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Vagabon’s Infinite Worlds is a flawless, genre-hopping debut
By David Anthony February 24, 2017 | 2:00pm
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On Forget, Xiu Xiu achieves accessibility without much sacrifice
By Chris Mincher February 24, 2017 | 2:00pm
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Breakups are exhausting and inspiring on Dirty Projectors
By Philip Cosores February 24, 2017 | 6:00am
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Maturing rather than mellowing with age suits Los Campesinos!
By Alex McLevy February 24, 2017 | 6:00am
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The Incessant is like nothing Meat Wave has done before
By David Anthony February 17, 2017 | 2:00pm
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With I’m Only Dreaming, Eisley gets a little too dreamy
By Alex McLevy February 17, 2017 | 6:00am
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A brokenhearted Ryan Adams is the best Ryan Adams
By Noel Murray February 17, 2017 | 6:00am
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Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness has too much drama by design
By Chris Mincher February 10, 2017 | 6:00am
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The Sadies cut a fresh path through familiar territory on Northern Passages
By kenneth-partridge February 10, 2017 | 6:00am
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The Menzingers have never sounded as weathered as they do on After The Party
By David Anthony February 3, 2017 | 2:00pm
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Communions ditch brooding punk for triumphant power-pop on Blue
By Maria Sherman February 3, 2017 | 2:00pm
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Tragedy leads to transformation in Surfer Blood’s Snowdonia
By Chris Mincher February 3, 2017 | 6:00am
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Sampha’s Process is an R&B debut for the ages
By Clayton Purdom February 3, 2017 | 6:00am
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Culture is the album Migos has been building toward for years
By Clayton Purdom January 27, 2017 | 11:20pm
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P.O.S. is reborn and revitalized on Chill, Dummy
By David Anthony January 27, 2017 | 3:00pm
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Fred Thomas’ latest is a meta rumination on maturity
By Chris Mincher January 27, 2017 | 2:00pm
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Japandroids stretch but don’t stray on lovesick third album
By Kyle Ryan January 27, 2017 | 6:00am
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Cloud Nothings’ Life Without Sound keeps the faith despite personal disorientation
By Annie Zaleski January 27, 2017 | 6:00am
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On her debut solo album, Allison Crutchfield finds peace in the discord
By David Anthony January 27, 2017 | 6:00am
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Joan Of Arc’s new album achieves its grand experiment, for better or worse
By David Anthony January 20, 2017 | 2:00pm
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Austra envisions a better tomorrow through Future Politics
By Kelsey J. Waite January 20, 2017 | 2:00pm
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Foxygen wears opulence well on its fourth album
By John Everhart January 20, 2017 | 6:00am
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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
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AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album, AFI (The Blood Album)
By Annie Zaleski January 20, 2017 | 6:00am
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With the expansive I See You, The xx is ready for big stages and radio waves
By Philip Cosores January 13, 2017 | 6:00am
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Intensity overshadows corniness on Code Orange’s Forever
By J.J. Anselmi January 13, 2017 | 6:00am
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Gone Is Gone starts becoming its own band on Echolocation
By Dan Bogosian January 6, 2017 | 6:00am
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On RTJ3, Run The Jewels is here to rip everyone’s throats out
By Clayton Purdom January 3, 2017 | 8:50pm
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Silence speaks volumes on Brian Eno’s innovative, tranquil Reflection
By Annie Zaleski January 3, 2017 | 5:30pm
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Nine Inch Nails starts anew on Not The Actual Events
By Dan Bogosian January 2, 2017 | 2:37pm
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Hodgy’s journey to adulthood could use a few more specifics
By Dan Caffrey December 14, 2016 | 6:00am
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Childish Gambino conjures Parliament and Prince on soulful “Awaken, My Love!”
By Dan Bogosian December 2, 2016 | 7:15pm
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A reissue of Telefon Tel Aviv’s landmark debut confirms its greatness
By Alex McLevy December 2, 2016 | 6:00am
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Kate Bush recasts her post-’85 catalog for the epic, vivid Before The Dawn
By Kelsey J. Waite December 2, 2016 | 6:00am
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Peter Doherty gazes outward on the lush but ramshackle Hamburg Demonstrations
By Randall Colburn December 2, 2016 | 6:00am
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The Weeknd’s resonant Starboy embraces the downside of fame
By Annie Zaleski November 28, 2016 | 6:17pm
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Bruno Mars takes homage-pop to the next level on the escapist 24K Magic
By Annie Zaleski November 18, 2016 | 4:50pm
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Metallica’s latest is quality thrash that gets a little tiring
By David Anthony November 18, 2016 | 6:00am
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Life goes on with A Tribe Called Quest
By Clayton Purdom November 15, 2016 | 5:00pm
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On Jessica Rabbit, Sleigh Bells pushes it to—and then past—the limit
By Kevin Warwick November 11, 2016 | 6:00am
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The Men return to their noisy roots with the tense Devil Music
By Matt Williams November 11, 2016 | 6:00am
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You Blew It! lets itself wander on the experimental Abendrot
By David Anthony November 11, 2016 | 6:00am
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Martha Wainwright hops genres on the dynamic, dauntless Goodnight City
By Kelsey J. Waite November 11, 2016 | 6:00am
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Sadie Dupuis hits familiar, fresh notes with solo debut Slugger
By David Anthony November 11, 2016 | 6:00am
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Honeyblood’s ambitious, unsettled Babes Never Die is a riotous success
By Annie Zaleski November 4, 2016 | 5:00am
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On Lambchop’s latest, there’s no country for old men
By Chris Mincher November 4, 2016 | 5:00am
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The Pop Group’s Honeymoon On Mars lacks danger, menace, and focus
By Annie Zaleski October 28, 2016 | 5:00am
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Mannequin Pussy loves furiously and fantastically on Romantic
By Zoe Camp October 28, 2016 | 5:00am
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Carla Dal Forno enchants and evades on her solo debut
By Kelsey J. Waite October 28, 2016 | 5:00am
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Lady Gaga gets back on the right track with Joanne
By Annie Zaleski October 21, 2016 | 6:50pm
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The Weakerthans’ John K. Samson navigates nature and technology on Winter Wheat
By Randall Colburn October 21, 2016 | 1:00pm
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American Football’s second LP in 17 years is mostly worth the wait
By David Brusie October 21, 2016 | 1:00pm
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Leonard Cohen examines his life and details his laments on You Want It Darker
By Annie Zaleski October 21, 2016 | 5:00am
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Jimmy Eat World doubles down on the familiar with Integrity Blues, and it works
By Zoe Camp October 21, 2016 | 5:00am
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Conor Oberst is stuck inside of Omaha with some serious snowbound blues
By kenneth-partridge October 14, 2016 | 5:00am
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Jamie Lidell completes his transition to organic soul
By Lily Moayeri October 14, 2016 | 5:00am
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Green Day are punks afraid of dying on the uncertain Revolution Radio
By Alex McLevy October 7, 2016 | 3:00pm
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Springtime Carnivore is angsty and adrift in Midnight Room
By Chris Mincher October 7, 2016 | 2:00pm
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The young punks of Joyce Manor’s Cody struggle to grow up
By Brian Shultz October 7, 2016 | 1:00pm
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An older, wiser, but no-less biting NOFX emerges on First Ditch Effort
By Ryan Bray October 7, 2016 | 5:00am
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Pixies sound confident on Head Carrier, but the music lacks personality
By Randall Colburn September 30, 2016 | 5:00am
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Bon Iver processes success with symbolism on 22, A Million
By Steven Arroyo September 30, 2016 | 5:00am
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Neurosis extends its legacy with Fires Within Fires
By J.J. Anselmi September 23, 2016 | 2:00pm
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The exuberant Return To Love is LVL UP’s most accomplished album yet
By David Anthony September 23, 2016 | 1:00pm
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Beach Slang accepts aging but still preaches to the punk kids
By Chris Mincher September 23, 2016 | 5:00am
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On Pretty Years, Cymbals Eat Guitars are more energized than ever
By David Anthony September 16, 2016 | 2:00pm
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Stage Four is a monumental record of melodic hardcore for Touché Amoré
By Kevin Warwick September 16, 2016 | 1:00pm
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Against Me!’s latest is less protest, more romance
By Chris Mincher September 16, 2016 | 5:00am
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Wilco goes quiet
By Josh Modell September 9, 2016 | 5:00am
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Jack White haphazardly collects a career’s worth of acoustic recordings
By Noel Murray September 9, 2016 | 5:00am
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M.I.A. misses the mark on AIM
By Lily Moayeri September 9, 2016 | 5:00am
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Angel Olsen reinvents herself again with the mesmerizing My Woman
By Matt Williams September 2, 2016 | 5:00am
