Album Reviews

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  'Up on Gravity Hill' Finds METZ Evolving with Uncertain Times

  PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2024

  There is an unwavering ferocity to METZ's work. Even when they peel back their harshness, it's hard to escape their presence...

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  Nia Archives Is Pure Electricity on 'Silence Is Loud'

  PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2024

  Over the last few years, Nia Archives has been pushing the boundaries of what jungle can be. From sharing her early songs and remixes ...

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  Drahla Mine the Depths on the Anxious 'angeltape'

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2024

  You wouldn't know it from Luciel Brown's cold and inert delivery, but an intense anxiety binds Drahla's seedy and seemingly despairing ...

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  Flung's 'All Heartbeat' Flutters with Possibility

  PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2024

  Kashika Kollaikal — otherwise known as Flung — found the inspiration for her third album, All Heartbeat, while trapped overnight in the Se...

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  Khruangbin Find Depth in Simplicity on 'A LA SALA'

  PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2024

  Listening to Khruangbin's 'A LA SALA' feels like a summer evening dip in a serene bay. The dusk sky above is beautiful, while the slight ...

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  The Black Keys Are No Longer Fun Hangs on 'Ohio Players'

  PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2024

  The Black Keys, at the very least, have always been a good hang. Former darlings of the second wave garage rock revivalists, the two-man...

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  Lizzy McAlpine Is a Little Bit 'Older,' a Little Bit Wiser

  PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2024

  There might be more to life than ceilings, Lizzy McAlpine muses on her sophomore full-length Older, a dreamy kaleidoscope of...

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  Jane Weaver's 'Love in Constant Spectacle' Asks You to Read Between the Lines

  PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2024

  Durability in most art fields involves finding elements that can withstand repetition and subjecting them to perpetual refinement and ...