Following their 2011 disbanding and subsequent 2015 reunion, LCD Soundsystem's highly anticipated 'American Dream' is darker than their previous work, but stays true to the foundations of the band.

For the first new Queens of the Stone Age album in four years, frontman Josh Homme once again reminds fans that he is someone who refuses to make the same album twice.

Rock and roll has been around for 60 some years, and the War on Drugs still manage to sound fresh. As we click into autumn mode soon, this might be the album to put on and get lost in its epic beauty.

Back with his second solo record, Dan Auerbach enlisted an illustrious crew of Nashville musicians. The result is a shimmery, head-boppin' album.

For any music fan it's exciting to see how the sausage gets made, and Dan Wilson has been making some of the most powerful and successful sausage for musicians across genres for the past 15 years.

Sylvan Esso's second album is a brisk 36 minutes of music that gradually ramps up to reveal itself, providing great fun along the way.

For a band who are hyperconscious of their image and place in the music industry, Arcade Fire's official major-label debut is possibly their most accessible album yet.

Despite her critics' relentless efforts to discredit her as a musician and songwriter, Del Rey proves again that she controls the medium and the message of her music and creative expression.

Out on Virgin Records, Beth Ditto's powerful 'Fake Sugar' is the Album of the Week. 'The record not only shines on a light on her physical voice, but her lyrical voice in dealing with love, life, and where she stands as a person at this stage of creative existence,' writes Jill Riley.

Fleet Foxes' long awaited, much anticipated third album is their first in six years and is their most ambitious album to date.