Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was brings all the aspects of past Bright Eyes together at once, and then turns everything up to 11.
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A Hero’s Death is the opposite of a sophomore slump.
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Each year, I buy dozens of CDs, when most people haven’t bought one in the past decade. Here’s where I make the case for this dying media format.
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Muzz brings the talents of three musicians together to make a sophisticated album that stands apart from each of their main projects.
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Making a Door Less Open is essentially Car Seat Headrest’s way of saying “screw it” to the hype and doing what they want.
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After their years of youthful rock star indiscretion and then years apart after that, the Strokes have really pulled themselves together on The New Abnormal
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There’s a few hiccups and a few highlights, but Aporia otherwise takes you on a pleasant albeit innocuous journey.
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For all his musical unpredictability lately, Stephen Malkmus certainly sounds like he knows what he’s doing on the folksy Traditional Techniques.
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Combining the electronic psychedelia of Currents with ruminations on time slipping by, your future self will thank you for giving The Slow Rush a listen.
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Have We Met’s gloomy lyrics and pared-back instrumentation shouldn’t turn you off from what’s essentially a great release.
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Everything Else Has Gone Wrong is less a grand comeback album than a warm “welcome back” album.
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The synthpop of UR FUN make it the most accessible of Montreal in some time, though longer-term fans may be less easily impressed.
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