Album Reviews

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  Yeah Yeah Yeahs Find a New Kind of Power on 'Cool It Down'

  PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2022

  As a covertly gay kid (covert to myself anyway; the truth was there in my voice and hands and stride for others to see and quietly understa...

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  Ari Lennox Reveals Herself Further on 'age/sex/location'

  PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2022

  As J. Cole's Dreamville Records continued its legacy-defining year, the group's sole R&B act, Ari Lennox, was tasked with closing out the o...

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  On 'misery,' EKKSTACY's Catchy Pop Needs a Content Warning

  PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2022

  The juxtaposition of catchy melodies and sad lyrics has been commonplace since the dawn of pop music, but it's hard to think of anyone who...

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  High Vis Refine Their Vision on the Boundless 'Blending'

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2022

  High Vis pull off an astounding trick on their sophomore album Blending: they create an alternate reality where shoegaze and brit-pop were...

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  Slipknot Find New Beginnings at 'The End, So Far'

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2022

  It's a strange time for the Knot. It practically always is, but what's strange now — strangely enough — is the lack of inner turmoil in the...

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  City of Caterpillar Return to the World They Helped Create with 'Mystic Sisters'

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2022

  For devoted fans of early screamo, City of Caterpillar are practically legends, despite the fact that they only existed for three years. Th...

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  Even by Weezer Standards, 'SZNZ: Autumn' Is Incoherent

  PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2022

  My deepest sympathies to any Weezer completists out there. At this point, the band's output is a bit like the fantasy tabletop RPGs they on...

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  The Comet Is Coming Seek Rapture in Rhythm on the Cosmic 'Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam'

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2022

  Since their debut, the Comet Is Coming has flipped the script on what a jazz trio can muster. Comprised of Shabaka Hutchings (sax and shaku...