Album Reviews

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  On 'Requiem,' Korn's Emotional Heft Comes Too Little, Too Late

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2022

  Despite being part of the nu metal moment, Korn's defining mood has never been anger, but absolute sadness. When they lean into it, they ma...

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  Black Country, New Road Still Soar Above Their Peers on 'Ants from Up There'

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2022

  With last year's For the First Time, youthful and hypercharged UK septet Black Country, New Road rode a wave of accolades that swept them o...

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  Jean-Michel Blais Crafts Lush, Life-Affirming Compositions on 'aubades'

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2022

  For Jean-Michel Blais, aubades is a rebirth. From its opening notes, its whisks listeners away. On the new album from the esteemed post-cla...

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  Animal Collective Exit Their Flop Era on 'Time Skiffs'

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2022

  Animal Collective set a high bar with their output in the 2000s, and then undeniably lost steam in the 2010s, a period that coincided with...

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  Cate Le Bon Turns Isolation into a Creative Eruption on 'Pompeii'

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2022

  Isolation can lead to brilliance or madness, occasionally both. Having moved north of bustling Helsinki to the quiet artist community of La...

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  Mitski Is Vulnerable and Mysterious in Equal Measure on 'Laurel Hell'

  PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2022

  After Mitski Miyawaki completed touring her acclaimed album Be the Cowboy in 2019, the singer-songwriter went dark. She deactivated her soc...

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  Our Lady Peace's 'Spiritual Machines II' Is a Clumsy Sequel

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2022

  Sequels are a high-risk, low-reward proposition. How often are they better than the original? How often are they even as good as the origin...

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  Jacques Greene's 'Fantasy' Captures the Formless Drift of Lockdown Life

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2022

  When detailing his newest EP, Fantasy, on Instagram, Montreal producer and DJ Jacques Greene explained that the inspiration behind it was a...