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Scott Walker and Sunn O)))’s Soused is as magnificent as it is menacing
By Kevin Warwick October 21, 2014 | 5:00am
Jessie J’s sweet talk amounts to sweet nothings
By Annie Zaleski October 14, 2014 | 5:00am
Foxygen finds plenty of beauty in excess with double album
By Joshua Miller October 14, 2014 | 5:00am
Irish singer-songwriter Hozier crafts a solid, bluesy debut
By Annie Zaleski October 7, 2014 | 5:00am
Weezer makes an overdue return to sincerity on Everything Will Be Alright In The End
By Evan Rytlewski October 7, 2014 | 5:00am
Flying Lotus aims for the heavens on You’re Dead!
By Clayton Purdom October 7, 2014 | 5:00am
Prince puts an end to his patchy period once and for all
By Abigail Covington October 1, 2014 | 5:15pm
Christopher Owens peddles tepid country ballads on A New Testament
By Kyle Fowle September 30, 2014 | 5:00am
Thom Yorke’s Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes is pretty but unremarkable
By Zach Schonfeld September 29, 2014 | 5:15pm
Aphex Twin returns user-friendly with his first album in 13 years
By Sean O'Neal September 23, 2014 | 5:00am
Jeff and Spencer Tweedy make Sukierae a charming family affair
By David Brusie September 23, 2014 | 5:00am
Leonard Cohen teases death on the lean, surprising Popular Problems
By Zach Schonfeld September 23, 2014 | 5:00am
King Tuff stirs some darkness into bubblegum garage punk on Black Moon Spell
By Kevin Warwick September 23, 2014 | 5:00am
On his third album, Perfume Genius proves he can’t burn Too Bright
By Philip Cosores September 23, 2014 | 5:00am
With X, Chris Brown gets over himself
By Evan Rytlewski September 23, 2014 | 5:00am
Nancy Whang emerges as a modern disco queen on The Juan MacLean’s In A Dream
By Matt Gerardi September 16, 2014 | 5:00am
U2’s digital surprise has some value despite its price
By Annie Zaleski September 12, 2014 | 4:03pm
Reborn as a trio, Interpol turns on its version of light with El Pintor
By Andrea Battleground September 9, 2014 | 5:01am
Ryan Adams shows consummate consistency on Ryan Adams
By Marah Eakin September 9, 2014 | 5:01am
Karen O’s solo album lacks Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ punch
By Sonia Saraiya September 9, 2014 | 5:00am
Justin Townes Earle gets somber, bluesy, and bravely intimate
By Jason Heller September 9, 2014 | 5:00am
Death From Above 1979 both embraces and transcends its dance-punk roots
By Annie Zaleski September 9, 2014 | 5:00am
Young Jeezy shows up to rap on the weird, overwrought Seen It All
By Clayton Purdom September 2, 2014 | 5:01am
Blonde Redhead’s quiet, listless reinvention on Barragán
By Josh Terry September 2, 2014 | 5:01am
Yob lightens the gloom—ever so slightly—on Clearing The Path To Ascend
By Jason Heller September 2, 2014 | 5:01am
Maroon 5 crib more pop moves on album number five
By Evan Rytlewski September 2, 2014 | 5:01am
Ariana Grande’s sweet, sweet fantasies are polished but disappointing
By Annie Zaleski August 26, 2014 | 2:41pm
Ty Segall tweaks himself on Manipulator
By Jason Heller August 26, 2014 | 5:00am
The New Pornographers nearly live up to their own example on Brill Bruisers
By Erik Adams August 26, 2014 | 5:00am
Electro pioneers Basement Jaxx color between the lines, with uneven results
By Annie Zaleski August 26, 2014 | 5:00am
The Rentals’ latest is a mismatched patchwork of their past
By Chris Mincher August 26, 2014 | 5:00am
Wiz Khalifa returns with his clumsiest album yet
By Evan Rytlewski August 19, 2014 | 5:00am
Electric Würms is the Flaming Lips side project we didn’t need
By Kyle Fowle August 19, 2014 | 5:00am
Pallbearer brings doom metal to the brink once again
By Jason Heller August 19, 2014 | 5:00am
The Gaslight Anthem reaches for new sounds—sometimes a little too hard
By Jason Heller August 12, 2014 | 5:00am
FKA Twigs gets sultry, ambitious, and inventive on her debut
By Kyle Fowle August 12, 2014 | 5:00am
After a four-year absence, Spoon rewards further patience
By Erik Adams August 5, 2014 | 5:00am
Chicago’s Twin Peaks make youthful, compelling garage-rock on Wild Onion
By Josh Terry August 5, 2014 | 5:00am
Murder City Devils’ screaming return is neither heaven nor hell
By Philip Cosores August 5, 2014 | 5:00am
Jenny Lewis journeys into the heart of adulthood on The Voyager
By Erik Adams July 29, 2014 | 5:00am
Shabazz Palaces return with cosmic musings on hip-hop, identity, and black consciousness
By Paula Mejia July 29, 2014 | 5:00am
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers deliver again, for half an album anyway
By Annie Zaleski July 29, 2014 | 5:00am
Joyce Manor’s quest to eliminate hangovers proves fruitful
By David Anthony July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
Upgrades can’t save White Fence’s psych-rock from getting stale
By Chris Mincher July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
Common fails to solve Chicago’s gun violence problem with his music
By Eric Thurm July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
Reigning Sound spread warm and fuzzies with another warm, fuzzy stunner
By kenneth-partridge July 15, 2014 | 5:00am
“Weird Al” Yankovic smartly skewers, embraces pop culture
By Annie Zaleski July 15, 2014 | 5:00am
After a 5-year lull, Morrissey returns—and shrugs
By Jason Heller July 15, 2014 | 5:00am
Jungle’s nu-disco is competent and sleek, but not much more
By Josh Terry July 15, 2014 | 5:00am
Accidental pop songwriter Sia doesn’t quite reclaim solo career momentum
By Annie Zaleski July 8, 2014 | 5:00am
With No Coast, Braid proves its 16-year wait was worth it
By David Anthony July 8, 2014 | 5:00am
Old Crow Medicine Show makes country punk on Remedy
By Marah Eakin July 1, 2014 | 5:00am
Mastodon stomps back with a concept that’s both simple and sound
By Jason Heller June 24, 2014 | 5:00am
Taylor Swift’s BFF Ed Sheeran reaffirms his pop star status
By Annie Zaleski June 24, 2014 | 5:00am
Folk songwriter Strand Of Oaks heals on rock ‘n’ roll masterpiece
By Philip Cosores June 24, 2014 | 5:00am
Ab-Soul loses control on These Days…
By Eric Thurm June 24, 2014 | 5:00am
How To Dress Well remains torn between pop escapism and emotional torment
By Evan Rytlewski June 24, 2014 | 5:00am
Boris overdoes the grand gestures on Noise
By Jason Heller June 17, 2014 | 5:00am
On the stunning Familiars , The Antlers battle with the past
By Josh Terry June 17, 2014 | 5:00am
Lower retools post-punk for a world on the brink
By Jason Heller June 17, 2014 | 5:00am
Lana Del Rey delivers lethargic mid-tempo numbers on Ultraviolence
By Kyle Fowle June 17, 2014 | 5:00am
Willie Nelson struggles with age, depth of catalog on Band Of Brothers
By Marah Eakin June 17, 2014 | 5:00am
Sam Smith starts smooth and soulful, ends repetitive and redundant
By Lily Moayeri June 17, 2014 | 5:00am
Die Antwoord still hostile, compelling on latest LP
By Kyle Fowle June 10, 2014 | 5:00am
Jack White harnesses the power of Jack White on Lazaretto
By Josh Modell June 10, 2014 | 5:00am
Bob Mould faces mortality with ferocity, humility, and grace
By Annie Zaleski June 3, 2014 | 5:00am
Parquet Courts expands its attack on Sunbathing Animal
By David Anthony June 3, 2014 | 5:00am
The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser charms on his theatrical solo debut
By Josh Terry June 3, 2014 | 5:00am
Fucked Up embraces evolution on Glass Boys
By David Anthony June 3, 2014 | 5:00am
After nearly 20 years, The Meatmen bring punk back to its ribald roots
By Chris Mincher May 27, 2014 | 5:00am
Neil Young and Jack White give old songs new meanings
By Philip Cosores May 27, 2014 | 5:00am
Owen Pallett aims for the thirtysomething gut
By Emily St. James May 27, 2014 | 5:00am
Hercules & Love Affair flex their muscles
By Kyle Fowle May 27, 2014 | 5:00am
Sharon Van Etten unleashes an epic that’s punishing—in a good way
By Emily St. James May 27, 2014 | 5:00am
The Roots lay on the satire with the arty …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin
By Evan Rytlewski May 20, 2014 | 5:00am
15 years on, American Football’s lone LP gets a face-lift
By David Anthony May 20, 2014 | 5:00am
Older and calmer, Conor Oberst inches closer to enlightenment
By kenneth-partridge May 20, 2014 | 5:00am
Coldplay goes quiet on Ghost Stories , with one terrible, notable exception
By Josh Modell May 19, 2014 | 4:48pm
Dolly Parton gets folksy, dark on the lovable Blue Smoke
By Marah Eakin May 13, 2014 | 5:00am
No animals—maybe just humans—were harmed in the making of Swans’ To Be Kind
By Jason Heller May 13, 2014 | 5:00am
Tori Amos gets her groove back
By Annie Zaleski May 13, 2014 | 5:00am
The Black Keys show off more new studio tricks, same old sound
By Kyle Fowle May 13, 2014 | 5:00am
An ensemble folk player becomes a star on Sylvan Esso’s debut
By Philip Cosores May 13, 2014 | 5:00am
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart dials down the noise and settles for dull
By Chris Mincher May 13, 2014 | 5:00am
With percussive strength, Tune-Yards finds a new way
By David Brusie May 6, 2014 | 5:00am
Nikki Lane offers fiery takes on rebellion, surrender, and romance
By Caitlin White May 6, 2014 | 5:00am
Eno•Hyde’s new record lacks the inventiveness of either of its architects
By Lily Moayeri May 6, 2014 | 5:00am
After 20 years together, the Old 97’s still deliver the same love and nausea
By Caitlin White April 29, 2014 | 5:00am
Wye Oak strikes a dreamy reinvention with Shriek
By Erik Adams April 29, 2014 | 5:00am
Ray LaMontagne melds his folky formula with throwback psych-rock
By Chris Mincher April 29, 2014 | 5:00am
Damon Albarn underwhelms on his sleepy solo debut
By Marah Eakin April 29, 2014 | 5:00am
Future resists major-label bloat on his brisk Honest
By Evan Rytlewski April 22, 2014 | 5:00am
On a dreamy debut album, Fear Of Men weighs the head and the heart
By Josh Terry April 22, 2014 | 5:00am
The Afghan Whigs are back from the dead, not that Do To The Beast shows it
By Jason Heller April 15, 2014 | 5:00am
Slint’s Spiderland box rewards patient listeners, patient fans
By Marah Eakin April 15, 2014 | 5:00am
Aimee Mann and Ted Leo find common ground as The Both
By Jason Heller April 15, 2014 | 5:00am
Chet Faker’s debut is mostly the real thing
By Josh Modell April 15, 2014 | 5:00am
A Bikini Kill reissue holds the band’s best song, but not its best material
By Marah Eakin April 15, 2014 | 5:00am
Punk supergroup Off! is back, but the rants are wearing thin
By Jason Heller April 8, 2014 | 5:00am
The Faint keeps things fresh
By Annie Zaleski April 8, 2014 | 5:00am
EMA pushes back against Internet culture run amok
By Evan Rytlewski April 8, 2014 | 5:00am
For his sophomore effort, Mac DeMarco replaces weirdness with wisdom
By Chris Mincher April 1, 2014 | 5:00am
On fourth album, Cloud Nothings settle into a sound
By David Anthony April 1, 2014 | 5:00am
Nickel Creek returns from a 7-year hiatus with a ready-made best-of album
By Genevieve Koski April 1, 2014 | 5:00am
S. Carey goes more abstract, languid on sophomore LP
By Kyle Fowle April 1, 2014 | 5:00am
With Split Single, Bob Mould collaborator Jason Narducy hits his stride
By Annie Zaleski April 1, 2014 | 5:00am
The Hold Steady’s sixth album may as well be a debut
By Jason Heller March 25, 2014 | 5:00am
Tokyo Police Club aren’t kids anymore
By Josh Modell March 25, 2014 | 5:00am
