Album Reviews

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  Phife Dawg's 'Forever' Captures the Late Artist's Warm, Wise Spirit

  PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2022

  ​In November 2015, a Tribe Called Quest celebrated the 25th anniversary of their debut album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of...

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  Meshuggah Marinate in Their 'Immutable' Sound

  PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2022

  Meshuggah offer more than consistency, having unveiled new facets of their polyrhythmic avant-metal throughout their career. Whether it was...

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  PUP's Company Loves Misery on 'THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND'

  PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2022

  PUP have always known that misery loves company. While their music exists in the same space as the type of posi-punk that promises any lose...

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  Soul Glo Reshape the Borders of Hardcore on 'Diaspora Problems'

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2022

  Listening to Soul Glo is a constant experience of confronting the past and present simultaneously. The Philadelphia quartet force audiences...

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  Ibibio Sound Machine Fuse Influences to Prove Peerlessness on 'Electricity'

  PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2022

  Within the first moments of "Protection from Evil," Hot Chip's Al Doyle delivers a rubbery synthline so badass that it establishes Ibibio S...

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  Cowboy Junkies Make Folk Classics Their Own on 'Songs of the Recollection'

  PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2022

  Cowboy Junkies have always known how to make a good cover. The long-running Toronto alt-country group broke out into the mainstream in 1988...

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  Camp Cope Eye Personal and Artistic Growth on 'Running with the Hurricane'

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2022

  The main takeaway from Camp Cope's widely praised sophomore album was the Melbourne trio's biting commentary on the role of women in the mu...

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  Aldous Harding Finds Freedom in Stylistic Collage on 'Warm Chris'

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2022

  New Zealand's Aldous Harding is a master of negative space. Her prowess is quiet: she weaves intimate walls in hushed proclamations, pauses...