review
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Fleet Foxes triumphantly emerge from hiatus with their most progressive effort yet.
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Vince Staples’ Big Fish Theory is the Long Beach rapper’s most eclectic project yet, but still exposes major songwriting deficiencies.
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Murder of the Universe might be King Gizzard’s most musically and conceptually ambitious project to date, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired.
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MA stoner rock/doom metal outfit Elder impressively reinvents itself with a more progressive sound on Reflections of a Floating World.
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On her sophomore album Melodrama, Lorde makes a few Top 40 concessions, but shows a ton of promise with the stylistic and formal risks she does take.
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The Mountain Goats’ latest is a gothic-themed concept album, a foray into the world of guitar-less music, and one of the greatest testaments to John Darnielle’s chops as a storyteller.
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On their third studio album Renaissance, The Underachievers still have great fundamentals and chemistry, but much of the time it sounds like they’re on autopilot.
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Young Thug delivers his most melodic and pop-friendly project yet with Beautiful Thugger Girls.
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Australia’s Kirin J Callinan delivers one of this year’s most colorfully eccentric pop records with Bravado.
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SZA delivers a strong full-length debut that explores the emotional complexities of being the other woman.
