Music Reviews
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Cloud Nothings Here and Nowhere Else
Proving there was nothing fluke-worthy about their transformation with Attack on Memory, Cloud Nothings return with an album meaner, catchier, and more consistent than anything they've done yet, resulting in a modern indie rock classic.
Peter Quinton totally hearts the 90's, bro... -
Perfect Pussy Say Yes to Love
Syracuse, NY-based noise/screamo band Perfect Pussy make music for the part of your brain that has a lot of things to say but doesn't know how to say them.
Stephen Wragg reviews... -
The Hold Steady Teeth Dreams
Despite the longest wait between two albums in The Hold Steady's discography, Teeth Dreams finds the band at a moment of transition, haunted by but trying to turn away from their legacy.
Forrest Cardamenis reviews... -
Tokyo Police Club Forcefield
The endearing Canadian indie rock trio return after a four year absence with Forcefield, undertaking the challenge of writing simple, effective pop songs with guitars.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Liars Mess
Liars continue to mold art from circuits with their seventh album, Mess, their third release as a Los Angeles band which goes a long way to confirm that they're home where they belong.
Sean Caldwell reviews... -
Joan As Police Woman The Classic
Serial collaborator Joan As Police Woman returns for her first album since 2011's The Deep Field. Can it be as good as its confident title suggests?
Joe Rivers reviews... -
Linda Perhacs The Soul of All Natural Things
It sounds like the plot of a rather good novel: Linda Perhacs records a follow-up to her lost cult-classic debut album Parallelograms (1970) having spent the 44-year interim working as a dental hygienist.
Stephen Wragg reviews... -
Tycho Awake
The established San Francisco-bred producer returns with yet another excursion into soothing ambient soundscapes.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
The War On Drugs Lost In The Dream
After much meticulous fine-tooth combing, Philadelphia's The War On Drugs release their long awaited follow up to hugely acclaimed 2011 effort, Slave Ambient. Is it worth the wait?
Graeme Marsh investigates... -
Neneh Cherry Blank Project
Neneh Cherry's first solo record in 18 years gives her a slate as "blank" as its title: she collaborates with RocketNumberNine and Four Tet to create something hauntingly sparse, obsessed with self-imposed limitations.
Stephen Wragg does the dive every time we dance...
