rock
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Eat the Elephant gets off to a strong start, but begins tanking in quality at the midway point.
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Hop Along’s song structures and storytelling mature on Bark Your Head Off, Dog.
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Wavves frontman Nathan Williams is re-releasing the band’s self-titled debut for Record Store Day in honor of the album’s 10th anniversary. This previously unreleased track, “All Star Goth,” will be included on the reissue. “All Star Goth” would be among the noisiest tracks on the exceptionally noisy Wavves.
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Father John Misty makes his official return to love songs with his new singles “Disappointing Diamonds Are the Rarest of Them All” and “Just Dumb Enough to Try.” On these songs, Tillman takes a sarcastic but charming tone similar to that of I Love You, Honeybear. The new singles are
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The Voidz’s everything-and-the-kitchen-sink approach to rock music results in a vibrant sophomore album.
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The Lemon Twigs released their debut album Do Hollywood via 4AD back in 2016, following it up with the Brothers of Destruction EP last year. Now the Long Island band of brothers is working on a sophomore album and has released two new singles titled “Foolin’ Around” and “Tailor Made.
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New Material is Preoccupations’ most lackluster album so far.
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Yesterday Baltimore duo Wye Oak released “Lifer,” the third single from their upcoming album The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs. The LP drops next week via Merge and follows 2016’s Tween. The airy piano and vocals, and echoing guitar on “Lifer” may not stand out in the
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Jack White’s Boarding House Reach is his most unorthodox stroke of genius since going solo.
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As you might’ve gleaned from its title, Pop Music finds Remo Drive taking their sound in a poppier direction. The results are decent but brief.
