6/10
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Wolves in the Throne Room make a predictable return to their atmospheric black metal sound.
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Post-grunge veterans Foo Fighters drop a raw but spotty album with Concrete and Gold.
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Myrkur’s sophomore album still leaves something to be desired on the songwriting front, but is nevertheless a much better-developed product than her debut.
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Zola Jesus’ latest effort may be grand in presentation, but it’s a little light on substance and quality songwriting.
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Action Bronson continues to bring the humor, the flow, and the heart on Blue Chips 7000, but the album is pretty underdeveloped on the whole.
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New York indietronic legends LCD Soundsystem return with a tepid set of songs with washed out mixes and lackluster lyrics.
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Mark Ronson’s flat production doesn’t do any favors for Villains, Queens of the Stone Age’s most mixed bag of tracks to date.
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Grizzly Bear returns from a five-year hibernation with a mirror image of their previous album, Shields.
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The latest Everything Everything album finds the UK art pop outfit taking their songwriting in a moodier and somewhat more conventional direction.
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NY rapper A$AP Ferg delivers a slight return to form with his latest mixtape.
