music commentary

Faith No More's reunion album totally sounds like a '90s record, yet it breaks new ground. Our writer explains.

Vexx is so good it makes Sean McGuinness consider the current state of his health.

The new Rhett Miller album is good, but it suffers from the best problem a musician can have: the New Slang Problem.

Call him a dabbler if you must, but Joe Casey thinks the Fall are as weird and powerful as ever on their new album.

Mr. Haines was prepared to dislike FFS but concludes, "If you don't like it, you are either a lobotomised eunuch or a British restaurant critic."

Buzz Osborne knew Kurt Cobain since before the beginning and until the very end. And he says most of Montage of Heck just isn't true.

The Weepies had never heard Rocky Votolato's music before this album. Now they're fans.

Although German EDM superstar Zedd's latest album is marketed as dance-pop, Nick Catchdubs prefers to think of it as "prog-rock with drops."

The opening track of Thee Oh Sees' new album is the prism through which the whole rest of the album can be seen.

Both stimulant and salve, Jamie xx's full-spectrum album flouts the idea that it's easier to attract attention with aggression than with its opposite.

The faith in rediscovered cult favorite Bill Fay's songs about God, war, greed and nature is strong — you can lean against it and it will hold you up.

In an inspired work of country-jazz fusion, two icons reveal the secret of staying in it for the long run: don’t give a fuck what anyone else thinks.