Yr Knives' Begin Yr Singing is a heavy and mesmerizing debut record that crystallizes Chicago's post-rock scene and ...

The former Wailin' Jenny Cara Luft battles ADHD with help from her Quadrangle of Awesomeness. The results are deeply personal ...

Anne Carson's oeuvre bridges the gulf between Homer and Gertrude Stein while ignoring, subverting, and toying with everyday ...

The Washington, DC, indie institution the Dismemberment Plan's final album of their initial run is a masterwork of navigating ...

Michael Sarnoski’s dying outlaw in The Death of Robin Hood tests, after a remorseful confession, who controls the past.

The Bamboos’ 12th studio album Sugar on Top arrives beneath a cover depicting a ripped sugar packet spilling sugar on an otherwise empty white backdrop, and the music inside is equally straightforward ...

“We are Maggie and Terre and Suzzy”, the Roches sang in the first line of the first song on their first album as a trio. That was 1979’s The Roches, produced by Robert Fripp. Yes, if you recognized ...

The Encore, Taylor Swift does little to change the original album's reception, but offers harmless fun nonetheless.

The whopping tenth album from post-metal standard-bearers Cult of Luna is diminished by the genre's weaknesses but triumphs ...

Political punks, the Iron Roses' latest collection, Molotov Nights, is their strongest yet, a state of the union that enrages ...

Fat Dog’s second album, Cancel Me (I’m Tired), is full of the same maximalist dance-rock that permeated their 2024 debut, WOOF. Joe Love and crew combine sneering sarcasm, catchy pop hooks, and ...

Syd Matters' A Gospel of Some Sort repays careful listening and offers insight into the struggles of alienated individuals.