Purity Ring’s latest record strips the mysticism out of their sound, and replaces it with a plush, gritless aesthetic.
Earl Sweatshirt’s latest release is noticeably darker than his last, but it doesn’t necessarily surpass it.
Experimental rock and metal act Liturgy makes a magnum opus of the sounds and ideas forged on their last album.
NY rapper Action Bronson comes through with his glitziest album yet, loaded with classy piano instrumentals and over-the-top lyrics. It’s the mountains of filler after the first third of the LP that kills it, tho.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor hangs in their comfort zone on this new, relatively unambitious record of theirs.
Sufjan “Subaru” Stevens comes through with an incredibly sad, personal, and subtle record with Carrie & Lowell.
Death Grips finally completes an immense double album with the release of Jenny Death, assembling two very different–but satisfying–releases in the DG discography.
UK singer-songwiter Laura Marling releases one of her most upfront albums yet.
Several years ago, Kendrick Lamar was hip hop’s underdog. Today, he’s dropping what’s possibly the best rap album of the decade.
Aside from the closing track, this new, free Ratking project feels like a whole lotta filler.
