7/10
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Singularity successfully reaches for the stars for a good part of its runtime.
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Iceage dials down the abrasiveness and theatricality on the still pretty solid Beyondless.
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Despite being a stylistically mixed bag, Kimbra’s latest album features some of the best art pop you’ll hear this year.
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On his sophomore album, Post Malone carves out his own niche in the auto-croon field with quality trap production, strong vocal performances, and a bit of a singer-songwriter twist.
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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.
