St. Vincent
All Born Screaming
St Vincent Returns with an authentically Badass album that is cinematic, innovative and transformative
Northern Transmissions
Melvins
Tarantula Heart
This album rocks. It has an experimental, and maybe sometimes uncomfortable aspect, here and there, but despite the fact that it is totally unique in the Melvins catalogue, it’s one of the most Melvins-y things they’ve ever released
Punk News
Taylor Swift
The Tortured Poets Department
Each of the record’s 31 tracks unfold as a specific set piece filled with anecdotes, some more cleverly worded than others
DIY
St. Vincent
All Born Screaming
With album seven, Annie Clark has peeled away the layers of artifice to reveal her most unique identity yet: herself
NME
St. Vincent
All Born Screaming
On All Born Screaming, Clark sounds more at home than she has in a while, but all planets inevitably die — perhaps the next one she lands on will finally be her own
Exclaim
Cloud Nothings
Final Summer
Yet another solid rock record from a reliable group who are very good at this sort of thing
Exclaim
Taylor Swift
The Tortured Poets Department
Like the colourless photo of a near-anonymous Swift that adorns the album cover, it casts an artful pose but doesn't have the guts to look the listener in the eye
Exclaim
Taylor Swift
The Tortured Poets Department
In Swift’s capable hands, even the deepest moments of despair are transmuted into songs which resonate with emotion and genuine insight
Under The Radar
St. Vincent
All Born Screaming
This is the sound of releasing a lifetime’s worth of strife and unease. That sounds, it turns out, is pretty damn excellent
The Line Of Best Fit
The Black Keys
Ohio Players
You can sum up the overall aesthetic concept of the Black Keys’ Ohio Players with two main points: It rocks and sounds great in a bowling alley
PopMatters
St. Vincent
All Born Screaming
Annie Clark’s self-produced seventh album goes for a hard reset on the St. Vincent project. She retains her sharp edge as a songwriter while making the music sound exalting, inspiring, and thoroughly romantic
Pitchfork
English Teacher
This Could Be Texas
The UK band’s overstuffed debut melds indie-prog, rock, folk electronica, and post-punk into an expansive new sound
Pitchfork