6/10
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West Coast electronic music producer Shlohmo releases a particularly dark album with Dark Red.
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Earl Sweatshirt’s latest release is noticeably darker than his last, but it doesn’t necessarily surpass it.
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor hangs in their comfort zone on this new, relatively unambitious record of theirs.
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Athens indie vets of Montreal return with their usual blend of verbose, difficult lyricism, and colorful psychedelic pop rock.
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While not as stuck in the past and weakly produced as Wilson’s last full-length, Hand. Cannot. Erase. displays a similar lack of excitement when it comes to rehashing ideas from classic progressive rock albums.
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Boston rock outfit pile follows up their most popular record yet with a series of songs that sound somewhat unfocused and incoherently aggressive. Still the same band at their core, but they’re currently working with a slightly unflattering sound.
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NJ indie rock outfit Screaming Females is celebrating their 10th year as a band, and they’re celebrating with one of their more accessible, catchy records to date.
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Ontario jazz fusion trio BADBADNOTGOOD and the Wu-Tang’s Ghost Face Killah get together for a collaborative album that’s a little more exciting in billing than in execution.
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Australian psych rock outfit Pond drops their sweetest set of songs yet, charged with dancable drum beats and sugary synths.
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The latest installment of Matana Roberts’ Coin Coin series shifts the narrative down a drone-laden, cluttered pathway.
