5/10
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Despite it’s dark album cover and heavy teaser tracks, Foals’ What Went Down seems to be Foals as usual: A little depression, a little dance, a little drab.
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The Weeknd’s new album takes a lot of stylistic risks, experimenting with not just alternative R&B, but soul, rock, and pop. However, few of these forays into other genres pay off, and they leave the album feeling pretty inconsistent and directionless.
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Health is back, and they’re taking it easy on the noise this time around, favoring a fusion of electronic dance music and pop on many tracks here.
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The Internet’s latest album includes vast improvements on the production and instrument front. However, their songwriting and vocal skills makes Ego Death far from a great record.
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Conor Oberst’s Desaparecidos drop a politically charged comeback album.
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mewithoutYOU makes their Run For Cover debut with Pale Horses.
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Hudson Mohawk comes through with some lackluster production on his latest record.
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Muse comes back with a slightly more focused and hard rock-flavored followup to the 2nd Law.
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New York rapper and A$AP Mob figurehead A$AP Rocky’s latest album diverts from the concise and catchy formula of his last record.
