Album Reviews

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  Madi Diaz Finds Salvation on 'Weird Faith'

  PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2024

  With 'Weird Faith,' Diaz toes a wonderful narrative line, with all the excitement and trepidation of a new relationship perfectly captured...

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  Sonic Youth Were Swept Up in the Waves on 'Walls Have Ears'

  PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2024

  While Sonic Youth’s studio albums almost capturing their musical brutality, it’s their live recordings that showcase the band’s true power...

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  Ducks Ltd. Soar to Scrappy Grandeur on 'Harm's Way'

  PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2024

  Ducks Ltd. find the cinematic grandeur in their scrappy ditties...

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  oh caroline Make Small Things Miraculous on 'monochrome'

  PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2024

  As you grow up, the world loses some colour. If this sentiment rings true to you, but you’re ready to heal your inner child with vibrant in...

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  On 'PHASOR,' Softness Is Helado Negro's Greatest Strength

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2024

  'PHASOR'’s softness is its greatest strength, extolling the virtues of patience, silence, touch and exploration...

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  Chelsea Wolfe Shines Some Light on 'She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She'

  PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2024

  'She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She' is an impressive, liberating album of icy rhythms and brutal honesty...

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  Fearbirds' 'Aux Blood' Roils with Promise

  PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2024

  'Aux Blood' appears straightforward, but give it some time and it reveals the complicated currents roiling just below the surface...

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  The Last Dinner Party's 'Prelude to Ecstasy' Is Plenty Ecstatic

  PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2024

  If the Last Dinner Party’s debut is but a 'Prelude to Ecstasy,' its masterful focus is a clear promise they’ll be back to enrapture us again...