Album Reviews

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  Dead Quiet Remain Ahead of the Curve on 'IV'

  PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2023

  Kevin Keegan might be possessed. Or, if not that, the Dead Quiet frontman has some connection to a manic spirit, one that allows his bellow...

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  feeble little horse Are Relentlessly Unpredictable on the Charismatic 'Girl with Fish'

  PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2023

  The camaraderie between the members of feeble little horse is like jet fuel in the hands of arsonists. Set ablaze, their sophomore LP Girl...

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  TEKE::TEKE Expand Their Kaleidoscopic Universe on 'Hagata'

  PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2023

  It can be difficult for a band with a truly distinctive sound to innovate and expand beyond their signature style without compromising thei...

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  Protomartyr March Toward Love on 'Formal Growth in the Desert'

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2023

  On Formal Growth in the Desert, Protomartyr's Joe Casey takes the band in a direction it's never gone before: toward love. The band's sixth...

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  aja monet's 'when the poems do what they do' Is a Roadmap to Somewhere Greater

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2023

  In a 2017 interview with gal-dem, aja monet said, "I don't share things for you to understand or feel me, I'm sharing something so that we...

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  Youth Lagoon Finds His Voice Again on 'Heaven Is a Junkyard'

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2023

  Before Youth Lagoon was put on hiatus, Trevor Powers' dream pop project was defined by its ethereal intangibility. It possessed a sound and...

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  Godflesh Creep Toward the Light on 'Purge'

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2023

  Six years have passed since we last heard from industrial metal legends Godflesh; while many things have changed in that period, the Englis...

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  McKinley Dixon Manifests a Different Future on 'Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?'

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2023

  Through her cutting and renowned Beloved Trilogy, author Toni Morrison cradled beautiful multitudes within her many captivating and boundle...