Despite its unsettling facade, Placebo’s ‘Never Let Me Go’ delivers an effortlessly satisfying—even reassuring—ride, veering vivaciously toward a pandemic-emergent, still imperiled, spring.
Read moreMatt Berninger Offers Sedative for Disquieting Times with Uneven Debut Solo Affair ‘Serpentine Prison’ | Album Review
Berninger cast an intimate, unifying portrait of the human experience on The National’s most recent album (2019’s ‘I Am Easy to Find’), but with his first solo LP, he has unhooked from that tethering.
Read moreThe National Tackle Life’s Biggest Questions with Colossally Beautiful ‘I Am Easy To Find’ | Album Review
The band’s eighth studio LP and accompanying film flow from a similarly heaping bank of emotion, both continuously informed by the relationships in our lives that shape our identities.
Read moreInterpol Show Signs of Struggle, Stagnaion and Glancing Brilliance with ‘Marauder’ | Album Review
From its celestial NYC-dwelling dreaminess to the exemplary way the band’s individual talents coalesce, Interpol’s sixth studio album demonstrates the trio are in no way lacking.
Read moreThe National’s ‘Boxer (Live In Brussels)’ Is a Showstopping Trip Down Memory Lane | Album Review
‘Boxer Live In Brussels’ was originally released in April of this year as an exclusive Record Store Day vinyl offering, with a wider release coming to fruition last month.
Read moreCHVRCHES Choose Mainstream Ambition Over Authentic Charm with ‘Love Is Dead’ | Album Review
CHVRCHES’ third album flashes an alluring, synthy grin that sometimes manages to disguise its annoyingly saccharine pop core.
Read moreThe National’s Escapist ‘Sleep Well Beast’ Offers Glowing Promise in Dark Times | Album Review
The song suite impeccably captures the ongoing inner cacophony and heightening agitation of life post-election here in the U.S.
Read moreSlowdive Resurrect Their Ageless Aesthetic with Incandescent Perfection on 'Eponymous 'Slowdive' | Album Review
Where we’d once accepted Slowdive’s absence as a dismal reality, their revival has rendered us vulnerable again, desperately craving more.
Read more‘Running Out of Love’ Reinforces The Radio Dept.’s Enduring Promise of Evocative Pop | Album Review
The Swedish band’s fourth studio LP continues their sweet legacy, delivering a cohesive mix of smart, shimmery pop that stimulates both brain and body.
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