Music Reviews
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Owen Pallett Island
After incubating for five years, Owen Pallett's concept album is as challenging as it is inimitable as it is, ultimately, a work of sublime art. [Believe the Hype]
Kirk Sever reviews... -
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
The 79-year-old veteran's first original album in eight years brings to life a long-lost time and place, sourcing inspiration from the past as he continues to move forward. Even after all these years, his sleight-of-hand wordplay keeps us guessing. [Believe the Hype]
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Phoebe Bridgers Punisher
The LA singer/songwriter's growth is immediately noticeable on her second album, offsetting light and dark moments with her typically memorable and unforgiving lyrics.
Ethan Gordon reviews... -
The 1975 Notes on a Conditional Form
The second album from The 1975's Music for Cars trilogy finds the Wilmslow quartet adjusting to their ascending star the only way they know how, by continuing to dissect the intricacies of human interaction over a myriad of musical styles.
Joe Rivers reviews... -
Noveller Arrow
Sarah Lipstate's tenth album as Noveller is textural and tonally oblique, allowed herself to wander as she continues to take her ambient music to new heights.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Jaime Wyatt Neon Cross
The country singer's second LP shares moments of exploration, musing on her relationships, sexual identity, and family and friends.
Ethan Gordon reviews.... -
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Sideways to New Italy
On Sideways to New Italy, the Melbourne, Australia five-piece continues their solid methodology of songcraft—even if it sometimes veers towards midtempo playlist indie.
Ethan Gordon reviews... -
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Hinds The Prettiest Curse
The Spanish quartet's latest lands with the band’s over-the-top exuberance on display.
Mark Moody reviews... -
Sports Team Deep Down Happy
The West London six-piece's debut studio romanticizes the more humdrum aspects of the everyday with both joyous celebration and sulky dissatisfaction. [Believe the Hype]
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
No Age Goons Be Gone
L.A.’s No Age go back to the basics they never allowed themselves to explore.
Mark Moody reviews...
