Album Reviews

Shabaka Perceive Its Beauty Acknowledge Its Grace review

Shabaka : Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace

The prolific jazz artist fully explores the flute on this spiritual, understated set of pieces

James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg : All Gist

An instrumental, acoustic album that hums with early morning energy

Fabiana Palladino review

Fabiana Palladino : Fabiana Palladino

A masterful debut that draws influence from ’80s sophisti-pop and Minneapolis funk and R&B.

Drahla angeltape review

Drahla : angeltape

Five years after their previous LP, the Leeds post-punk outfit return with a punchier, heavier set of songs

Rosie Tucker Utopia Now review

Rosie Tucker : Utopia Now!

A standout blend of the personal and the political

Einstürzende Neubauten rampen

Einstürzende Neubauten : Rampen (apm: alien pop music)

The industrial legends reshape their sound again with immediacy and nuance

Khruangbin A La Sala review

Khruangbin : A La Sala

The Texas trio return to the instrumental grooves that made them festival favorites

shabazz palaces exotic birds of prey

Shabazz Palaces : Exotic Birds of Prey

Ishmael Butler at his most informal and disparate, but still dope

Skeletal Remains Fragments of the Ageless review

Skeletal Remains : Fragments of the Ageless

The death metal stalwarts hold fast in their allegiance to the riff

Kelly Moran Moves in the Field review

Kelly Moran : Moves in the Field

The pianist and composer crafts a solo album of duets

Beyoncé Cowboy Carter review

Beyoncé : Cowboy Carter

One of the biggest swings that an American artist at the height of their popularity has taken in recent memory

Norah Jones Visions review

Norah Jones : Visions

The veteran singer/songwriter delivers her big little indie record

Julia Holter Something in the Room She Moves review

Julia Holter : Something in the Room She Moves

Holter embraces an impressionistic aesthetic on her first new album in six years

Chastity Belt Live Laugh Love review

Chastity Belt : Live Laugh Love

The Seattle group navigate the complicated state of the world with their signature humor and sense of fun

Ride Interplay review

Ride : Interplay

The shoegaze legends lean into their early psych influences on their third post-reunion album

Faye Webster Underdressed at the Symphony review

Faye Webster : Underdressed at the Symphony

The Georgia singer/songwriter balances the extravagant with the mundane on her latest

Brittany Howard What Now review

Brittany Howard : What Now

The eclectic rock/soul singer continues to showcase her chameleonic tendencies

Jesus and Mary Chain Glasgow Eyes review

The Jesus and Mary Chain : Glasgow Eyes

The noise-pop legends draw from an eclectic set of influences as they reach the four-decade mark

Adrianne Lenker Bright Future review

Adrianne Lenker : Bright Future

With a new team of collaborators on board for her latest solo effort, the Big Thief bandleader delivers an enchanting new set of songs

Four Tet Three review

Four Tet : Three

Kieran Hebden’s latest feels made to reveal itself over time