Album Reviews

Perfume Genius's 'Glory' Is a Bright Return to Form

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2025

I'll never forget the first time I encountered the music of Perfume Genius. For some reason, the music video for the singer-songwriter born...

The Darkness's 'Dreams on Toast' Are Stale but Endearingly Saucy

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2025

At the turn of our innocent century, who would've guessed that 2025 would bring an eighth studio album from the Darkness? The infectious...

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...

cootie catcher Open Up the Future of Twee Pop on 'Shy at first'

PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2025

Do you ever wish you could conjure up all that unshackled energy you had as a kid and experience life as an adult through that wide-eyed...

clipping. Dial Up the Digital Squall of Y2K on 'Dead Channel Sky'

PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2025

We live in an age where most information creeps along silently from cellphone to social media platform to laptop, invisibly arcing from...

Hot-Take Reactions to Lady Gaga's 'MAYHEM': Recession Pop 2.0 for Non-Corporate Pride 2025

PUBLISHED Mar 7, 2025

Lady Gaga remains one of the most enduring, revolutionary pop stars of the 21st century, although her cultural impact in recent years has...

Jason Isbell's Songwriting Returns Home on 'Foxes in the Snow'

PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2025

It's a tale as old as time: a man and his guitar. To be specific, a mahogany Martin 0-17 acoustic from 1940. This is the chosen instrument...

Drake Does Mildly Successful Damage Control on '$ome $exy $ongs 4 U'

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2025

"Drake elimination, fake intimidation / Take a minute, take a deep breath, have a little bit of patience / 'Drizzy, you amazin', you the...