art rock
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Richard Dawson outdoes himself with this modernist spiritual successor to 2017’s Peasant.
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With Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, Arctic Monkeys aim for an admirably weird space-age lounge sound, but often the execution leaves something to be desired.
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Iceage dials down the abrasiveness and theatricality on the still pretty solid Beyondless.
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Jack White’s Boarding House Reach is his most unorthodox stroke of genius since going solo.
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Following the (fraternal) twin lead singles “Leave It in My Dreams” and “QYURRYUS,” The Voidz have shared “Pointlessness,” the closing track of their sophomore album Virtue. As the title suggests, the song is a bit of a downer in both theme and sonic palette, but judging from this and Tyranny
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King Krule returns with a series of vague, moody musical sketches
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Sleep Well Beast is The National’s most vibrant and engaging set of songs in years.
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Grizzly Bear returns from a five-year hibernation with a mirror image of their previous album, Shields.
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Thanks to Thin Black Duke‘s lavish orchestration and tour-de-force vocal performances from frontman Eugene Robinson, eminent underground rock outfit Oxbow has delivered a comeback album that leaves me lost for words for all the right reasons.
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Of all the singles to have come out in promotion of Grizzly Bear’s new album Painted Ruins, this latest one strikes me as being the most powerful in terms of composition and instrumentation. You can give it a listen above, along with its video, which offers quite a surreal
