Album Reviews

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  Justice Ditch the Clutter on 'Hyperdrama'

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2024

  If you're talking about French disco-funk and you're not talking about Daft Punk, you're probably talking about Justice. Few have challenge...

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  Ellis Is Adrift on 'no place that feels like'

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2024

  A line in "what i know now," one of the singles from Linnea Siggelkow's sophomore album as Ellis, has stuck to my side like a bur...

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  St. Vincent Is Emboldened by Oblivion on 'All Born Screaming'

  PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2024

  "Am I the only one in the only world?" Annie Clark sang in a panic 10 years ago, her question dying with a muted thud against the desert ...

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  Cloud Nothings' 'Final Summer' Is Confidently Familiar

  PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2024

  Cloud Nothings aren't quite famous enough to be a proper "legacy band," a term normally associated with nostalgia acts offering older fans...

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  Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' Is Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing

  PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2024

  Taylor Swift has self-mythologized her career arc as a series of "Eras," where each of her albums has its own unique aesthetic — a sound...

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  Antichrist Siege Machine Are Relentless Explorers on 'Vengeance of Eternal Fire'

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2024

  War metal, bestial black, blackened death metal: these are all apt generic descriptors for Richmond, Virginia's 'Antichrist Siege Machine'...

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  Pearl Jam Make a Case for Sticking Around on 'Dark Matter'

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2024

  If we're using the long-outdated framework of criticism as consumer guide, then a review of the latest Pearl Jam record is largely irreleva...

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  claire rousay Is Vexing and Vulnerable on 'sentiment'

  PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2024

  What if life was a mixtape? Rather than shared collections of beats and rhymes, claire rousay curates the sounds of objects...