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The Murder Capital  When I Have Fears

There’s a strength to confronting your inner most fears and worries, and this is something The Murder Capital have delivered with aplomb Northern Transmission

The Hold Steady  Thrashing Thru The Passion

The band's spent over a decade-and-a-half sharing their stories about those in and out of love, the broken and the bruised. It's business as usual, and business is good NME

Bon Iver  i, i

Make a point to check yourself into the listening room of Bon Iver and think about the coming fall, how to be kind, have some faith, and embrace the changing seasons Gig Soup

The Hold Steady  Thrashing Thru The Passion

Thrashing is the work of a band artfully redefining what they want to be after 15 years together Spectrum Culture

Bon Iver  i, i

What was once a sparse, folk endeavor has essentially become a massive, genre-fluid music collective Spectrum Culture

Shura  forevher

Shura fiddles with religious symbols and themes as a means of expression and humor, which ironically leads her down a path of spirituality all her own Spectrum Culture

Shura  forevher

This album is another reason to cherish Shura — one of the best and most distinct pop stars around God Is In The TV

Haiku Salut  The General

Haiku Salut have delivered one of their strongest works to date The Quietus

Friendly Fires  Inflorescent

Friendly Fires' first album in eight years, Inflorescent, brings the band's poppy, vibrant sensibilities to their full blast, a euphoria people definitely need in 2019 PopMatters

The Hold Steady  Thrashing Thru The Passion

The classic rock-inspired Hold Steady sound revitalized on their latest, Thrashing Thru the Passion, with keyboardist Franz Nicolay back and a horn section in tow PopMatters

Sleater-Kinney  The Center Won't Hold

St. Vincent’s sleek, streamlined production stands out from the rest of the band’s catalog, but all of the elements you first fell in love with are still here Pitchfork

Friendly Fires  Inflorescent

The UK trio’s first album since 2011 finds new life in the smooth surfaces of house music Pitchfork

Shura  forevher

The only real issue that Shura faces on forevher is that the record can be too much of a good thing. The psychedelic grooves that back the project can almost be suffocating, not allowing melodies or choruses to flourish on tracks that feel like a huge hook could bring them to perfection No Ripcord

The Hold Steady  Thrashing Thru The Passion

Thrashing Thru The Passion is musically looser than previous offerings—fewer ballads, the big rock numbers less lush and more compact—but it also makes it accessible to new listeners, who can then work their way back through albums like Heaven is Whenever or Separation Sunday Paste Magazine

The Hold Steady  Thrashing Thru The Passion

The total effect of Thrashing Thru The Passion is that of The Hold Steady at their most casual and confident, tossing off these songs that would be tour de forces for anyone else as if they have a bushelful of them just hanging around the studio American Songwriter