Album Reviews

'Dan's Boogie' Offers a Beginner's Introduction to Destroyer

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PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2025

For much of his career, Vancouver songwriter Dan Bejar has been one of those musical chameleons — a Bowie or a Beck, whose arrangement...

Japanese Breakfast's 'For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)' Sees Swooning Beauty in the Sorrow

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PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2025

The title is objectively cringe, and the two pre-release singles breezed past without making much of an impression — so I'm as surprised as...

The Weeknd Says He's Peaked, and 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' Proves Him Right

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2025

"Lore" has become a buzzword in pop music in recent years, as stars pepper their lyrics with cryptic hints about their personal...

Marlaena Moore Finds the Other Side on 'Because You Love Everything'

PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2025

Marlaena Moore has always worn her heart on her record sleeve, but she's never offered as much as she does on 'Because You Love Everything'...

Ethel Cain Steps Further from the Light on 'Perverts'

PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2025

There was a moment when Hayden Anhedönia was poised to break big. 'Preacher's Daughter,' her sprawling 2022 debut full-length...

Menno Versteeg Has Plenty of Life to Live on 'Why We Run'

PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2024

There's a play by Tom Stoppard called 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.' It's been described variously as tragicomedy, surreal humour...

Kendrick Lamar Is in Rarefied Air on the Triumphant 'GNX'

PUBLISHED Nov 25, 2024

Given the year Kendrick Lamar has had, a new album felt imminent. From starting his year with a show-stealing verse on Future's "Like That"...

Father John Misty Is at a Crossroads on 'Mahashmashana'

PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2024

For perhaps the first time in his decade-plus long career, Father John Misty is at a crossroads. Every album he's released has been...