dream pop
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Nearly every song on Blue Weekend comes across as an overblown pastiche of 90s alternative and indie rock.
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Even if it doesn’t stack up to Norman Fucking Rockwell, Chemtrails Over the Country Club is a solid songwriting statement from Lana.
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The Flaming Lips bounce back from a hit-and-miss decade with a lush and ironically sobering concept album.
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I Disagree is a metal-pop crossover that pans out remarkably well.
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Some of Angel Olsen’s unique personality traits as a singer-songwriter sadly get lost in All Mirrors‘ grander instrumental palette.
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Lana Del Rey improves as a songwriter by leaps and bounds on NFR.
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U.F.O.F. is mostly listenable—if a bit derivative—indie folk with a few flashes of brilliance sprinkled throughout the tracklist.
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Weyes Blood comes through with an immaculately produced and performed baroque pop album in Titanic Rising.
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Following a disappointing comeback album in 2016, American Football shows promise once again with the dreamier LP3.
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The Telescopes are a shoegaze and noise rock outfit hailing from England who have been at it since the late ‘80s. Since forming, they’ve dabbled in a myriad of other sounds ranging from the downtempo of their third album to the Metal Machine Music-esque feedback barrages of Infinite Suns.
