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...

On their new album First Two Pages of Frankenstein, The National decide to go with their safest and most predictable album in their...

Another year later comes another album from Black Country, New Road and yet another reinvention of the band. Their new set of material...

Even though Ukrainian ambient artist Oleh Shpudeiko strings together years-old bits and pieces from his back catalog, Kyiv Eternal still...

The 69-year-old Senegalise singer continues to think outside the box, try new production choices, and collaborate with others on Being....

On their long-awaited blockbuster sequel, Laura Les and Dylan Brady bring their entire arsenal of weird, coked up ideas. The sheer amount...

Food for Worms sounds much cleaner and clearer than their previous material but shame's liveliness and rawness are still here in spades...

Russian singer, songwriter and composer Kate NV's new full length album is an absolute delight. There's even more of her playful...