Foxygen does a complete 180 on their new record, saying goodbye to the clean production on their last album, and heading into lo-fi territory. However, they throw out any semblance of good songwriting in the process.
Godflesh hits the reset button and gets back to their roots on their first album in over a decade.
My Brightest Diamond releases its most lively album yet.
Weezer writes some of its best–and worst–songs in years.
Electric Wizard’s latest album may be loud, but the band itself feels like they’re writing these songs on autopilot.
Caribou’s latest record is a bit of a concept album about the ups and downs of love.
For his sophomore album, electronic music producer SBTRKT brings on more guests, more experiments, but somehow ends up with a less enjoyable album.
Danish post-punkers Iceage plow into the field of love with full force, backing up their longest set of songs yet with pianos, strings, and horns.
The new Shellac album is decent, but falls disappointingly short of the reaction “Dude, incredible!”
Thom Yorke’s latest solo endeavor has an interesting aesthetic, but the appeal of these tracks doesn’t extend too far beyond that.