Review: Razorlight – Olympus Sleeping For better or worse, Razorlight has released an album that has seemingly time traveled from 2006 with Olympus Sleeping. Read More
Review: Peter Bjorn and John – Darker Days A departure from their last two releases, Peter Bjorn and John’s eighth album Darker Days shows the band embracing a greater degree of creative freedom. Read More
Review: Tokyo Police Club – TPC TPC once again tries to upend everything you’d expect from a Tokyo Police Club album...just like its predecessors. Read More
Review: The Joy Formidable – AAARTH AARTH shows the Joy Formidable pushing out of their comfort zone while still retaining the raw power and dynamic shifts found on Hitch. Read More
Review: Interpol – Marauder Interpol’s sixth album Marauder is a blend of their early 2000s heyday and the less angular El Pintor that shows the band evolving with confidence. Read More
Review: Death Cab for Cutie – Thank You for Today Death Cab’s ninth studio album Thank You for Today is more of exactly what you’d expect from the seasoned indie rockers. Read More
Review: Animal Collective – Tangerine Reef Part soundtrack and part concept album, Animal Collective’s 11th effort flows between calm and distressing on its journey beneath the waves. Read More
Review: Courtney Barnett -Tell Me How You Really Feel More personal and forthright than its predecessor, Tell Me How You Really Feel relies less on its witty lyrics and more on improved songwriting that showcases a diverse set of rock instrumentation. Read More
Review: Parquet Courts – Wide Awake A little less rough around the edges, Wide Awake! shows that it wasn’t rawness that gave Parquet Courts their appeal, but rather genuinely compelling songwriting and inventive approaches to punk attitudes. Read More
Review: Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is Arctic Monkeys meets Las Vegas lounge in space. If you can approach that with an open mind, you'll realize how much they've made their lofty ambitions work. Read More
Review: The Vaccines – Combat Sports The Vaccines' fourth album Combat Sports combines styles past and present to make an album that doesn't necessarily push the envelope, but comfortably fulfills its modest ambitions. Read More
Review: The Voidz – Virtue Virtue tones down the excesses of the Voidz’s debut to deliver an album that is ultimately more accessible but less compelling. Read More
Review: Jack White – Boarding House Reach On third solo album Boarding House Reach, Jack White lays waste to our expectations about his music, but you might not like the results. Read More
Review: The Decemberists – I’ll Be Your Girl I’ll Be Your Girl occasionally shows signs of brilliance, but its indecisiveness results less in ingenuity and more in blandness. Read More
Review: Of Montreal – White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood The wholly electronic-based White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood is a scatterbrained album that delights as often as it confounds, and really stands out from every other of Montreal release. Read More
Review: Titus Andronicus – A Productive Cough A Productive Cough is an altogether accessible and forthright album that shows a new side of Titus Andronicus, but compared to the band’s previous highs, it can sometimes feel like half a masterpiece. Read More
Review: Franz Ferdinand – Always Ascending Fourteen years after exploding into the indie rock world, Always Ascending shows the band taking a cautious step into the current decade. Read More
Review: MGMT – Little Dark Age It’s become cliché to call Little Dark Age a “return” for MGMT, but the album shows once again that the duo can make great, readily enjoyable music that still feels genuine. Read More
Review: The Go! Team – Semicircle It’s not a stretch to say that most tracks on Semicircle could have fit elsewhere in the band’s discography, and few tracks from the Go! Team’s back catalogue would feel out of place on Semicircle. Read More