album reviews
The Hardcore Tribalism of Turnstile
Time & Space is a hopeful uproar in a nihilistic medium—and it's not for everyone.
Man of the Woods Is Misguided Red-State Kitsch
Justin Timberlake seems to have free-associated most of these songs while flipping through an L.L. Bean mailer.
Tune-Yards Is Addressing What It Is to Be a “Colonizer”
I can feel you creep into my private life grapples with the inherent racism of whiteness.
Porches’ The House Feels Like Home
Listen to it while you shower, dance to it in the mirror, melt into it while melting into your extra-large puffer jacket on the E train.
Songs of Experience Tells the Same Old U2 Stories
We don’t need any more broad, generalized ideas about how to make our declining world a better place.
Circuit des Yeux’s Magical, Spiritual Progress
Each song on Reaching for Indigo is its own little self-contained movie.
Rubba Band Business as Usual
Thoughts on the classic Juicy J flow—and sometimes tired politics—on the rapper's new record.
Let’s Hope So: On Truth, Bias, and Lost Horizons
Jen Goma moderates a heated discussion about Ojalá.
Unearthing a Lost Classic: Sam Smith’s The Thrill Of It All
Recounting the history of the outsider artist's cult classic album upon its reissue.
The Red Pill Blues Blues
Chastity Belt's Julia Shapiro listens to the new Maroon 5 album while installing insulating plastic over all her windows.
Watch Me Unravel: Weezer, Youth, and Pop Songwriting
Listening to Pacific Daydream and ruminating about aging.











