album reviews

My introduction to OMD was backwards. Before classic singles like "Enola Gay" or "Electricity," I heard their fairly obscure 1983 album...

There’s a moment about 20 seconds into Wakin on a Pretty Daze when you figure this new album’s going to be pretty different from Kurt Vile’s...

“I truly understand that I don’t understand a thing,” Conor O’Brien, of Villagers, sings in "Earthly Pleasure," a song from the band's new album...

When I first came across a profile of Anika a coupla years ago on The Stool Pigeon I remember letting out a silent little internet gasp...

When I worked at a rape crisis center, I had an older co-worker named Tamara. She was often invited to speak publicly about women’s issues...

Looking at Thee Oh Sees' gear, you'll see paint-faded guitar pedals, scratched and dented drum heads, a keyboard covered in notes and tape...

Will we ever really understand Bon Jovi? Don’t get me wrong — I totally get the whole cowboy-and-steel-horse thing. That’s just common sense.

The title alone: simple, direct, and loud. Electric. It gets me. But then all of Richard Thompson's titles have a quality that hooks and...

Berberian Sound Studio begins with a memory. Broadcast's 2005 album Tender Buttons opened with a repeated eight-note descending major...

The new Kendrick Lamar album is hella good. Like, fuck Batman, feel me? Fuck Looper, this shit was better than Looper.

My dad used to tell me he could use the sun to tell time. He'd grab a stick and jam it into the dirt and, while I wasn't looking, look at his watch...

Death Grips have the ambiguous honor of being the most "now" band around right now. The originality of the music itself lies in their unique..