album reviews
Olga Bell Talks Empress Of’s Me
Empress Of's beguiling debut album is full of musical delights, but its wonderful imperfections are the true pearls to seek out and keep close.
Jake Stanczak (Kill the Noise, Ewun) Talks Disclosure’s Caracal
The only complaint this electronic star has about the Surrey dance music production team's new album is that there isn't much to complain about.
Will Butler (Arcade Fire) Talks Keith Richards’ Crosseyed Heart
Keith Richards' new album has good genes, and that's why people on Mars will enjoy it some day.
Luke Haines (the Auteurs, Black Box Recorder) Talks Robert Forster’s Songs to Play
Forster sounds agog with the possibilities that life has to offer on his first release in seven years — and his hair is still excellent.
Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake) Talks Zachary Cale’s Duskland
Zachary Cale's album might sound timeless, yet it's rooted in a very specific time: sunset. But the sunset of what? A day, an empire, an era?
Rollie Pemberton (Cadence Weapon) Talks Travis Scott’s Rodeo
Travis Scott says he’s “everything except a rapper” on his debut studio album. Is he right?
Zach Staggers (The So So Glos) Talks the Libertines’ Anthems for Doomed Youth
More than ten years have elapsed since their previous record, but faith in love, music and the Libertines remains.
Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Flesh World’s The Wild Animals in My Life
Noise? Queercore? Shoegaze? Flesh World’s new album defies such easy classification — which makes it way more fun to talk about at parties.
Lois Macdonald (PINS) Talks Shannon and the Clams’ Gone by the Dawn
Embracing Ennio Morricone, H.P. Lovecraft and the Muppets, Shannon and the Clams' retro-garage is a late-night ramble with the loved and the lost.
Victoria Ruiz (Downtown Boys) Talks Sublime With Rome’s Sirens
On the band's new album, Sublime with Rome contends with the for-midable legacy of its predecessor, Sublime. Guess who wins.
Rjyan Kidwell (Cex) Talks Public Image Ltd’s What the World Needs Now
The new PiL album is OK, but our society is chaotic, and its future uncertain only in the rate of the acceleration of the creeping bleakness.
Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Motörhead’s Bad Magic
You can hear the ailments and old age in Lemmy's voice, but the new album is fast, loud and tough, and every song has the basic message “fuck off.”











