7/10
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John Prine’s age and experience work to his benefit on his first album of new songs in over a decade.
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Though a bit predictable and restrained, Czarface Meets Metal Face is a solid collaboration that’s a cut above both parties’ most recent work.
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Though it could be more consistent and substantial, this debut album from Superorganism will probably go down as one of the year’s most creative pop projects.
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Phil Elverum’s songwriting enters purposefully rambly territory on Now Only, a worthy epilogue to last year’s A Crow Looked at Me.
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Aaron Turner’s Sumac joins forces with legendary noise rock experimentalist Keiji Haino for an hour’s worth of mind-melting post-metal jams.
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While not quite the grand artistic and social statement it was intended to be, American Utopia is brimming with forward-thinking pop and David Byrne’s unique persona.
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Lil Yachty makes a return to form with Lil Boat 2.
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Tribulation comes through with a pretty solid gothic metal album that you’ll want to light your candelabra to.
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A decade on from their debut album, No Age is still delivering visceral and sound-rich rock music.
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Sometimes cumbersome but mostly exciting, Ty Segall’s latest album is his longest and most ambitious yet.
