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Floating for 43 Minutes With Fontaines D.C.’s Dopamine Chamber
Fontaines D.C. return with Dopamine Chamber, another standout album featuring some of their best songwriting yet.
Austin Yagoda
Oct 194 min read
Troye Sivan’s Best Might Just Be She’s the Best
Troye Sivan returns with She’s the Best, an album full of catchy pop hooks, dreamy production, and vulnerable songwriting.
Alexandra Garcia
Oct 153 min read
What Decade Is It? Greta Van Fleet’s Palace for the People
Greta Van Fleet brings the spectacle of classic rock to Palace for the People, but nostalgic sounds and theatrical ambition can't make up for uninspired songwriting.
Austin Yagoda
Oct 134 min read
Quavo’s Qrömelife Has Too Many Stars and Not Enough Shine
Quavo’s Qrömelife features an impressive lineup of collaborators, but hollow production and repetitive lyrics leave the album lacking substance.
Luca Cassese
Oct 112 min read
Quadeca’s Finest Work: Life 1
Quadeca’s Life 1 trades the constraints of previous concepts for creative freedom, blending emotional honesty, playful songwriting, and reinvention.
Daniel Corretjer Rios
Oct 84 min read
Fat Dog’s Cancel Me (I’m Tired) Shows a Band Tired of the World
Fat Dog returns with Cancel Me (I’m Tired), an album built around burnout, escapism, loneliness, and the chaos of life on the road.
Theodora Gatsacos
Oct 73 min read
Escape the Fate Stay Loud on The Last Goodbye
Escape The Fate return with a heavy new album packed with strong vocals, guitar riffs, and songs that longtime fans will love.
Jennifer Teeter
Oct 62 min read
Johnny Marr, Still Pushing His Perfect Wheel on The Age of Everything
Johnny Marr’s The Age of Everything remains bright and a great listen, but the album does not push too far into new territory.
Austin Yagoda
Oct 44 min read
Julia Jacklin Starts Again on The Gem
Julia Jacklin returns with The Gem, an intimate album exploring grief, self-discovery, power, and the journey toward staying true to herself.
Hélène Calderin
Oct 22 min read
Tom Morello Brings Rage, Politics and a New Generation Together on Everyone Gets Everything They Want
Tom Morello’s Everyone Gets Everything They Want merges decades of music, politics, and different sides of his career into one album that looks back before moving forward.
Gustavo Vicentin
Sep 293 min read
M83’s I Wrote You a Letter Is a Living Record
M83’s I Wrote You a Letter creates an expansive world of serenity, tension, and beauty, delivering some of Anthony Gonzalez’s most immersive work while occasionally mistaking atmosphere for momentum.
Daniel Corretjer Rios
Sep 283 min read
Beck Revisits a Love Long Gone on Ride Lonesome
Beck returns to his original sound on Ride Lonesome, tapping back into his own deep well of production ability while reflecting on solitude, loss, and a love long gone.
Austin Yagoda
Sep 234 min read
Wasia Project Makes a Melancholic Debut With Nocturne
Wasia Project makes their debut with Nocturne, a melancholic journey through love, loss, longing, and the struggle between leaving the past behind and returning to it.
Theodora Gatsacos
Sep 223 min read
Autumn Kings Find New Ground on Epiphanies
Autumn Kings expand their sound on "Epiphanies", blending heavy riffs, massive hooks, emotional songwriting, and experimentation into their most ambitious album yet.
Gustavo Vicentin
Sep 183 min read
Sylvan Esso Make Peace With the Endless on Ow ∞
The album tells a beautiful narrative of pain, grief, and starting anew. Through the grief, Sylvan Esso is ready to continue through the endless merry-go-round.
Theodora Gatsacos
Sep 153 min read
Dexys Midnight Runners Lose Their Stride on ‘LOVE’
Dexys Midnight Runners return with ‘LOVE,’ a reflective album about aging, family and relationships. While Kevin Rowland brings plenty of heart, the album struggles to recapture the band’s old spark.
Julia Porras
Sep 122 min read
Adéla Introduces Herself With Ambitious Debut ‘PRIMA’
Adéla Jergová steps into her solo era with PRIMA, an ambitious debut that blends pop, R&B and hyperpop while introducing the former Dream Academy contestant as an artist to watch.
Alexandra Garcia
Sep 104 min read
Black Bananas Find a Stranger Groove on Bad Bunch
After nearly 12 years away, Black Bananas return with Bad Bunch, a strange, psychedelic collision of garage rock, funk, electronics and freewheeling improvisation.
Bianca Ourso
Sep 92 min read
Sleep's New Era Begins With Hempispheres
Without Matt Pike, Sleep take a strange new path on Hempispheres, trading some of their crushing weight for psychedelic jams, spacious bass, and a looser sound.
Gustavo Vicentin
Sep 82 min read
Exactly What It Sounds Like: Arab Strap’s Half-Told Tales
Arab Strap’s Half-Told Tales is blunt, political and unpredictable, jumping between folk, grunge and softer sounds. Its songwriting makes for an interesting listen, even when the album’s restless production becomes difficult to follow.
Austin Yagoda
Sep 74 min read
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