Music Reviews

Algiers The Underside of Power

The Atlanta, Georgia trio's second release confronts difficult social conditions with a fearless knack for reinvention.

Lorde Melodrama

Lorde returns with an album about growing up and growing out of love, marking the experience with an expansive, exquisite set of songs.

Joe Marvilli wants that green light...

Paramore's latest album is an exorcism and a transformation, as the band takes on their interpersonal bad blood as well as their celebrity status. They do it all over light, New Wave melodies that revamps their sound, while staying true to their spirit.

Joe Marvilli navigates the band's hard times...

Big Thief Capacity

The Brooklyn foursome's second effort is more ambitious in execution, and first in which songwriter Adrianne Lenker begins to dig from past experiences instead of solely focusing on storytelling songs.

Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews...

Chastity Belt I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone

The Seattle foursome graduate from Hardly Art to Sub Pop on their third effort, a less playful and decidedly more sobering view on everyday ennui.

Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews...

Jarvis Cocker / Chilly Gonzales Room 29

This collaboration between Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales has a cool, classic Hollywood theme that lends itself to a lounge vibe. But most of the songs pass by without notice. The sameness fails to elevate the concept of celebrity and depravity to anything noteworthy.

Joe Marvilli makes his stay a short one...