8/10
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Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst benefits from going back to basics here on his latest solo album.
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Crying delivers one of the most triumphant, diverse, and instrumentally intricate rock records I’ve heard this year.
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Jeff Rosenstock drops a pretty ambitious and conceptual follow-up to last year’s We Cool?.
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Solange doesn’t disappoint on this elegant set of neo-soul track that mix the personal with the political.
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Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor returns with her best set of songs in a while.
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One of sludge metal’s most legendary bands drops another solid release.
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Preoccupations–formerly Viet Cong–return with a new album and a darker sound.
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Touché Amoré returns with an incredible, emotionally potent concept on their fourth album.
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds return with one of the most despondent albums in their discography.