Album Reviews

Ribbon Skirt's 'Bite Down' Is Irresistible Indigenous Futurism

PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2025

"They want 2000s Buffy Marie / They want my status, but they're getting my teeth," Tashiina Buswa intones, talk-singing so deadpan you can...

Bon Iver Steps Toward the Light on 'SABLE, fABLE'

PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2025

Many of us fans of Bon Iver's era defining 2008 album 'For Emma, Forever Ago' eagerly awaited what sounded like a return to form with the...

Black Country, New Road Are Measured Yet Magnificent on 'Forever Howlong'

PUBLISHED Mar 31, 2025

After the exit of their beloved frontman Isaac Wood, the path ahead for Black Country, New Road was not without mystery — full of...

Gloin Break the Feedback Loop on 'All of your anger is actually shame (and I bet that makes you angry)'

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2025

Noise was always part of the Gloin proposition — it says "noise rock group" right in their Bandcamp bio — but they've never sounded this...

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...