Music Reviews

Django Django Django Django

Django Django make psychedelic rock music like nobody else. The album is instantly pleasing but undeniably striking over time.

Andrew Baer has been letting this sink in for months...

Rye Rye Go! Pop! Bang!

Three years late and crammed full of collaborations, the debut album from Rye Rye finds its star struggling to steal the limelight.

Gabbie Nirenburg reviews...

According to the friend of all journalists Wikipedia, Karin Park was once nominated for the award of "the best Norwegian song of all time", and yet her UK-debut sees her starting out again as very much an under-the-radar act. So, were we right to ignore her, or were those Norwegians onto something?

Mark Davison is a bit smitten...

Liars WIXIW

With their sixth album, WIXIW, Liars ponder the music electric.

Sean Caldwell reviews...

The Brian Jonestown Massacre Aufheben

After seesawing between brilliance and buffoonery over the past decade, The Brian Jonestown Massacre get serious, get worldly, and commit themselves to Aufheben's mystical mind trip.

Check your Dig! references at the door...

Future of the Left The Plot Against Common Sense

With a cult fandom's expectations to live up to, Future of the Left's third album is as vitriolic as ever, but is it an improvement?

Stephen Wragg reviews...

The Walkmen Heaven

Marking their first decade as a band, The Walkmen settle down into a place that's safe and warm, making some of their most dependable, yet occasionally thought provoking work to date.

Juan Edgardo Rodríguez walks through those pearly gates, into...

The Temper Trap The Temper Trap

The Aussie rockers behind the indie hit Sweet Disposition return with their sophomore album, which tiptoes the line between originality and mimicking its alternative rock influences.

David Hogg reviews...

Japandroids Celebration Rock

With Japandroids’ second album, Celebration Rock, the band gets as close to “rock out with your cock out” as is allowed by indie music’s anti-fun disposition.

Sean Caldwell watches the fireworks and grabs a beer (not PBR)...