Sam Shepherd
Fifth album from the American singer finds her in fight mode but the muck-throwing is unconvincing and ultimately falls flat.
4d
The other half of The Knife at last makes his debut long-player under his own name. The result is sparkly, international, and borderless.
4w
Inspired by frontman Mike Kinsella’s divorce, the American emo legends' return is harrowing, emotionally ambiguous - and petulant.
1mo
This determined pop album doesn't demand much input from above the shoulders, but insists everything below is in motion.
1mo
Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize follow soundtrack collaborations with a mining of Trent Reznor's back catalogue. When it works, it really works.
3w
The dreampop trio's ornithologically minded debut sports a clear aesthetic and sense of control, with echoes of shoegaze's storied soft-focus progenitors.
2mo
Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson's vast primordial compositions all but dissolve structure, leaving the evocation of feeling to celebrate a communion of man and the natural world.
2mo
The shoegaze quartet’s second album proves it is possible to come through challenges and grow from them. There’s positivity at play here
4mo
After four decades in the business, the beginning of the end is (nearly) nigh for the thrash pioneers.
4mo
With tight production and clear ideas, the duo’s eighth album gleams technically while documenting a world that very clearly does not.
4mo
This rollercoaster of an album deliberates on self-worth, artistic integrity, relevance and legacy.
6mo
This maximalist listening experience of breadth and depth is richly rewarding – and an entirely stunning achievement.
6mo
Daniel Foggin’s ethereal otherworld, fleshed out by creeping drones and a flute, exists as a half-way house between Sunn O))) and Jethro Tull.
7mo
Evidence of what can be done in the face of adversity, the importance of their first album this century is more than its music.
8mo
Referencing moments in music history, the Brighton four-piece’s debut convincingly twists them to its singular path.
10mo
If the point is to document a bunch of old friends getting together, doing the thing that gave their lives meaning and having a blast, then it’s mission accomplished.
10mo
The pop star’s latest offering is a perfectly decent record, albeit one that lacks lyrical flair, emotional depth or any sense of responsibility.
10mo
