Slowdive’s first album in over two decades finds the band’s once heavenly wall of sound turning anemic.
Full of Hell offers a fleeting thrill of sludgy grindcore on their latest album.
Mac DeMarco matures as a songwriter on This Old Dog, his best album since 2.
Colin Stetson manages to pull new sounds and rhythms out of his sax on All This I Do for Glory.
2017 keeps the strong singer/songwriter releases coming with Feist’s Pleasure.
Humanz has its share of strong performances and musical highlights, but all too often its guests are misplaced or poorly utilized and the songwriting/production just isn’t up to the Gorillaz standard.
Melbourne’s Smith Street Band have a lot going for them with their emo-tinged pop punk sound and passionate frontman Wil Wagner, but are let down by some familiar production, basic song structures, and cringeworthy lyrics on their latest album.
17 years after his landmark album Pop, ambient music producer Wolfgang Voigt has finally given us the night to that album’s day… and I really wish he didn’t.
