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Cast  Yeah Yeah Yeah

This is Cast sounding comfortable, confident, and settled. The songs are strong, the production is polished without being overworked, and the band sound like they know exactly who they are at this stage XS Noize

Cast  Yeah Yeah Yeah

With as many albums in this century as in the last, ‘Yeah Yeah Yeah’ finds Cast building on the momentum of the previous two years with both confidence and quality. Refusing to trade solely on nostalgia, it’s a beefed-up version of their best selves. Long may their positivity last Clash

Cast  Yeah Yeah Yeah

The Liverpudlians’ eighth album is the sound of a band determined to prove they’re more than a Britpop legacy act musicOMH

Cast  Yeah Yeah Yeah

Power's voice is improving with age, especially confident and commanding on the closing, psych-baroque "Birds Heading South". Print edition only NME

Cast  Yeah Yeah Yeah

The excellent PP Arnold featuring lead single Poison Vine is a good indicator of the move towards a very Stones-y type of uplifting soulful rock and blues; the swelling gospel rock of Don't Look Away is the most stirring thing they've done yet. Print edition only Record Collector

Megadeth  Megadeth

Instead of going out with a nuclear bang, Megadeth serves lean sides that won’t clog the final tour’s setlists Beats Per Minute

Louis Tomlinson  How Did I Get Here?

The songs on the former One Direction member’s over-referential, sometimes uneven third album don’t shrink down for anyone, and he sells his disappointment and anxiety with nuance, refusing to bemoan his own celebrity Paste Magazine

Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore  Tragic Magic

It's like the warm sun shining on your face in the springtime, an ode to your precious childhood that you hold near and dear to your heart, and for me, that's exactly what I look for in this type of ambient/new age music Sputnik Music (staff)

Searows  Death in the Business of Whaling

Searows’ latest album can be harrowing in the best way, but it can occasionally slip into run-of-the-mill indie folk tailored for playlists Spectrum Culture

Searows  Death in the Business of Whaling

While maintaining all the shades of indie-folk from previous releases, and holding strong to that dedication to a start-to-finish experience that takes you on a journey, Death in the Business of Whaling has new contrasts that make it endlessly more exciting Far Out

Searows  Death in the Business of Whaling

For once, some of the songs here feel unmistakably Searows for their evocation of a specific geography and its windy, grimy sentiments The Line Of Best Fit

Searows  Death in the Business of Whaling

On his second album, the Portland musician adds a little mystery to his sad-boy singer-songwriter persona, favoring abstract musings and adding subtle strangeness to otherwise tasteful arrangements Pitchfork

Searows  Death in the Business of Whaling

Portland singer-songwriter Searows returns with immersive indie-folk and haunting, lingering lyrics The Skinny

Megadeth  Megadeth

Dave Mustaine takes his veteran thrash metal band out doing what they do best, but not without some unnecessary score-settling Spectrum Culture

The Molotovs  Wasted On Youth

Drawing on the sharp, propulsive energy of the Jam circa early ’80s, The Molotovs make it clear: don’t sell out, stay true, and groove to your own rhythm Clash