Latest Reviews
Lizzo
Bitch
The piano on “A Toast” is the sound of someone who has stopped trying to convince the room. The rest of the record is the sound of someone who has not, quite, decided whether to trust that yet
Beats Per Minute
Widowspeak
Roses Rouge Ecomix
The band's seventh album traffics in the nostalgic, atmospheric indie-pop it does best
Paste Magazine
Vince Staples
Cry Baby
After a run of similar-sounding introspective records molded primarily by Def Jam’s concerns about keeping him hip hop, Cry Baby marks a breakaway from the norm for Vince Staples. It may not be punk, precisely, but it certainly rhymes
Spectrum Culture
Bleachers
Everyone For Ten Minutes
Everyone for Ten Minutes is enjoyable if you’ve ever grooved along to “Rosalita” or “Pink Houses.” However, Antonoff struggles to improve on what he’s already done, by himself or otherwise
Spectrum Culture
Violet Grohl
Be Sweet To Me
If Violet Grohl can solidify a band and push herself a little, she should become an exciting artist to watch
Spectrum Culture
Death Cab For Cutie
I Built You A Tower
No sensible person wishes anyone else to go through heartbreak, but if it leads to Death Cab for Cutie album number 12, let the pain and poetry commence
God Is In The TV
Vince Staples
Cry Baby
Cry Baby is Vince Staples' most focused and concentrated work in recent memory. Not one to miss as the uncomfortable truths ring out like war cries
The Skinny
Widowspeak
Roses Rouge Ecomix
If it’s not a return to their earliest sound, it does capture a carefree attitude. It’s far from the sound of a band at a crossroads, this is some of the most urgent music of their career
The Line Of Best Fit
of Montreal
Aethermead
Kevin Barnes’ 20th album is, once again, inspired by a breakup, but the drab music lacks the personality and vision of their best work
Pitchfork
Modest Mouse
An Eraser And A Maze
There’s enough here to suggest they’ve got another all-timer in them, and they’re pretty darn close to pulling it off
No Ripcord
Death Cab For Cutie
I Built You A Tower
A record about coming to terms with the end of a relationship. It’s not about finding happiness or total resolution—hopefully, Gibbard finds this in his near future. Until then, I hope he and his bandmates can enjoy a well-earned victory lap after producing their best work in two decades
No Ripcord
Death Cab For Cutie
I Built You A Tower
Latest album from Ben Gibbard and co harks back to the band's glory days and is a welcome return to form
musicOMH
More reviews