Following the mysterious release on Monday of a new track, “Julia, (or, ‘Holy to the LORD’ on the B…
Tag: Best New Albums
Foxing – Nearer My God
8 on’t let anybody tell you differently: the world is messed up and it feels that it is falling apart quite fast and …
Brian Campeau – Old Dog, New Tricks
8 ven though this guy has been around for ages, Brian Campeau remains a relatively unknown entity in the world of fol…
Deaf Wish – Lithium Zion
9 ithium Zion is the fifth full-length from Melbourne band Deaf Wish and their second for Sub Pop following 2015’s Pa…
Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
8 ’m going to skip the genre bullshit (because I like to believe that’s over by now) and just go straight to the fact…
Rayland Baxter – Wide Awake
8 ayland Baxter might not be the most groundbreaking artist out there, but the magic of his music lies in his undenia…
Birds In Row – We Already Lost The World
9 he last few years have been socially and politically shameful, an embarrassing time to be alive. If somehow we trav…
Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears
9 ’m All Ears is a portrait of Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth’s lives over the past two years, but also a gloriou…
Culture Abuse – Bay Dream
9 ay Dream, Culture Abuse first full-length release via Epitaph is a remarkably sophisticated record that viciously d…
Zeal & Ardor – Stranger Fruit
8 here is no doubt that Zeal & Ardor, the unorthodox project led by Swiss-American musician Manuel Gagneux, is on…
Hilary Woods – Colt
9 ilary Woods debut album is a masterpiece in every sense of the word. Delicate and fascinatingly fragmented, rich wi…
Spiralist – Nihilus
8 hat do you do when your band dies a slow death? For an artist, it’s a painful experience; almost like ending a rela…
Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer
8 he intelligence of Tillman is coming through too often to be overlooked or dismissed at this point – especially in …
At The Gates – To Drink from the Night Itself
9 harging straight out of the gates (sorry) with a riff that could easily have been taken from Slaughter of the Soul,…
Remember Sports – Slow Buzz
8 ver felt a connection to a group or a song so intense and totally on-sided that it challenged and confounded all lo…