Music Reviews
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Foo Fighters Sonic Highways
The 8th Foo Fighters LP is an intriguing prospect, with each track being recorded in a different US city of musical notoriety. Such an educational excursion has however resulted instead in a celebration American rock music from coast to coast, instead of a Foos album with any identity of its own.
Carl Purvis could do with a road map... -
Ariel Pink pom pom
Everyone's favorite nympho drops the Haunted Graffiti name for his latest, a double album in which he rightfully takes full artistic credit and responsibility for every single detail that defines his warped sense of propriety.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Hookworms The Hum
The Leeds/Halifax five-piece's latest foray into psychedelia is a measured, workmanlike effort that offers few surprises.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Jessie Ware Tough Love
Jessie Ware is the latest in a series of British artists to leave her mark on soulful pop. Does she succeed with her sophomore effort Tough Love?
Luiza Lodder reviews... -
Bent Knee Shiny Eyed Babies
An album pregnant with themes of loss, guilt, and fear of an uninhabitable future, this Boston-based band hasn't a cure but rather a dynamically new and accessible art rock sound for what's ailing them.
Grant Phipps nurtures... -
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Scott Walker + Sunn O))) Soused
Soused is the new collaborative release from drone metal champions, Sunn O))), and elder pop icon-turned-avant madman, Scott Walker.
Sean Caldwell reviews... -
The Twilight Sad Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
The Scottish band's assured return comes after a period of uncertainty, one that makes an effort to remedy their cloistered demeanor.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Zola Jesus Taiga
On Taiga, Zola Jesus sounds more focused and hungrier than ever before. The result is her most accessible, and best, album yet.
Zola Jesus in widescreen... -
Aphex Twin Syro
Syro will come to be remembered as another classic from one of electronic music's most brilliant minds - the sort of record so brimming with ideas that it demands obsessive listening.
Stephen Wragg reviews... -
Vashti Bunyan Heartleap
The strongly venerated cult Scottish singer/songwriter releases her third album in the span of forty four years, one that means to give closure to her unconventional career path.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews...
