Music Reviews
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Primal Scream Chaosmosis
Primal Scream's new album, Chaosmosis, is their attempt at a contemporary pop album, the kind of album a band makes when they’re trying to seem young again.
Brad Hanford reviews... -
Lust for Youth Compassion
Lust for Youth wholly embrace a more dance-oriented pop sound on Compassion, though not without completely altering their usual chilly demeanor.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Pete Yorn Arranging Time
It's been a while since the last proper Pete Yorn album. He comes full circle on Arranging Time, not out of a need to revisit old haunts but to blaze the trail clean.
Angel Aguilar reviews... -
So Pitted neo
So Pitted’s Sub Pop debut, neo, is the work of a band whose potential is apparent, so long as their ambition doesn’t hold them back.
Sean Caldwell reviews... -
Sarah Neufeld The Ridge
Sarah Neufeld's second solo album is expansive, imaginative in melody and all-in-all, a tour-de-force for the violinist.
Joe Marvilli climbs The Ridge... -
Matt Elliott The Calm Before
While the album isn't really trying anything new in the eclectic virtuoso's oeuvre of dramatic dark folk music, tonal and lyrical optimism continue to peek through its ominous clouds.
Grant Phipps hears a storm... -
Nada Surf You Know Who You Are
The New York power pop stalwarts are back with album number eight, another slick, mostly mid-tempo affair that exhibits their knack for melancholic articulation.
Juan Edgardo Rodriguez reviews... -
Wild Nothing Life of Pause
On Life of Pause, Tatum continues to stray from the C86 and shoegaze influences that were so heavily prevalent on his debut record, Gemini — with somewhat mixed results.
Joseph Moore reviews... -
School of Seven Bells SVIIB
The final School of Seven Bells album is a beautiful, heartfelt tribute to the relationship between two of its founders: Alejandra Deheza and the late Benjamin Curtis.
Joe Marvilli opens his eyes and reviews... -
Santigold 99¢
Santigold returns after a four year hiatus with a third album overflowing with joy and sass and synths.
Luiza Lodder reviews...
