Album Reviews

Joe McPhee I'm Just Say'n review

Joe McPhee : I’m Just Say’n

The free jazz legend collaborates with Mats Gustafsson on a set of spoken-word pieces with stories from throughout his career

Franz Ferdinand The Human Fear review

Franz Ferdinand : The Human Fear

The group’s first album in seven years finds them continuing to explore and experiment

Motherhood Thunder Perfect Mind review

Motherhood : Thunder Perfect Mind

One of Canada’s most inventive bands offer their most cohesive statement yet

Dax Riggs Seven Songs for Spiders review

Dax Riggs : 7 Songs for Spiders

The Lousiana swamp rock singer/songwriter returns after 15 years with some of his strongest songs yet

Kathryn Mohr Waiting Room review

Kathryn Mohr : Waiting Room

The singer/songwriter’s debut album captures a beautiful kind of madness

Lambrini Girls Who Let the Dogs Out review

Lambrini Girls : Who Let the Dogs Out

The UK duo’s debut album is pissed off and endlessly fun

Mogwai The Bad Fire review

Mogwai : The Bad Fire

Thirty years in, the Glasgow legends retain their sense of melancholy and grandeur

Jordsvingninger review

Various Artists : Jordsvingninger

An Edvard Munch-inspired compilation of atmospheric gems

Ethel Cain Perverts review

Ethel Cain : Perverts

The singer/songwriter’s sophomore album (a 90-minute EP?) pairs haunting slowcore with epic drone

Aphex Twin Music from the Merch Desk

Aphex Twin : Music from the Merch Desk (2016-2023)

Music from the Merch Desk is a difficult album. First and most obviously would be…

Kendrick Lamar GNX review

Kendrick Lamar : GNX

Kendrick’s surprise-released new album is his most immediate and least conceptual, but that’s not a problem

Jeff Parker The Way Out of Easy review

Jeff Parker ETA IVtet : The Way Out of Easy

A set of live-recorded minimalist meditations from a masterful jazz ensemble

Wussy Cincinnati Ohio review

Wussy : Cincinnati Ohio

The Midwestern group’s first record in six years and first after the death of their longtime pedal steel player is a beautiful downer

Bedsore Dreaming the Strife for Love review

Bedsore : Dreaming the Strife For Love

You would be forgiven if with Hypnagogic Hallucinations, Bedsore‘s acclaimed debut, you were not fully…

Various Artists - Transa

Various Artists : Transa

Conveying emotion, searching for community and positive reinforcement, establishing environments for collaboration, connecting through shared…

Thirdface Ministerial Cafeteria review

Thirdface : Ministerial Cafeteria

The hardcore group’s blistering second album breathes fire at the powers that be

Nap Eyes The Neon Gate review

Nap Eyes : The Neon Gate

An album that never once shies away from the grand or the absurd

The Body The Crying Out of Things review

The Body : The Crying Out of Things

One of the Rhode Island duo’s most versatile showcases of noise

Tim Heidecker Slipping Away review

Tim Heidecker : Slipping Away

The comic absurdist doubles down on earnestness with his new set of folk rock

Anna McClellan Electric Bouquet review

Anna McClellan : Electric Bouquet

A splendid album of wide-eyed emotionalism and storytelling