Faye Webster's fifth album Underdressed at the Symphony is ultimately underwhelming. Not only do many of the songs sound incomplete or...

Real Estate sound as simple, stripped back, and straightforward as ever on Daniel. Like much of their music before, there's much beauty...

It's a record that, yes, isn't at all a creative or experimental endeavor for the two UK rock legends but one that showcases their...

Titled Loss of Life, this is ironically MGMT's most optimistic, bright, and warm release in the band's entire career. The band...

What Happened to the Beach? is by far Declan McKenna's most original, daring, and colorful work yet. The album sounds like its cover:...

Magnet Factory is short, sweet, and gets the job done... with that job being to create punchy, energetic songs reminiscent of the...

Wall of Eyes  acts like a loose continuation of the experimentation The Smile played with previously, only delving further into the...

Like most M. Ward albums, there's a great balance of lushious slow balladry and upbeat rockers with heavy nods to the radio and radio...

The Age of Pleasure is celebratory, fun and breezy and rightfully so. The severe lack of grandiose detail, theatrics, and complexity that...

Who's up for a Garden Party? Rose City Band certainly are and it's all pure bliss here. Thrill Jockey mainstays Rose City Band have been...

The UK Brit Pop kings return with another comeback album eight years after their previous one. The Ballad of Darren certainly has its...

With O Monolith, Squid seem to deepen towards not only the more experimental, patience testing, and slowly gratifying realms of post rock...

Tanlines' sound is more mature, aged and slicked back than ever before. Even though this isn't the fireworks I was anticipating, The Big...

For those who find Tinariwen's detailed grooves, sharp guitar playing, and tightly knit performances inviting, then Amtssou is yet...

For fans of Oasis or Noel Gallagher's solo work, Council Skies acts like a return to form or even a rehash of his past work. It's...

Seven Psalms isn't simply just a new album within Paul Simon's vast discography. It's definitely one of his most adventurous, intriguing,...

Like many of Esther Rose's past songs being emotionally gut punching, every song from Safe to Run blasts repeatedly through your chest...

Multitudes is Feist's quietest, most intimate, and patient record to date. This is not an immediate one where everything will click for...

New Zealanders The Beths are a genuine, seemingly down to Earth group that just want to make lovely indie rock and pop that's straight...

The way Yaeji expresses the anger and rage she's built up on With a Hammer is quite uniquely personal and original to hear. It's a...