ReviewsAlbum of the Week: The Flaming Lips, 'Oczy Mlody'Jill Riley • Jan 16, 2017With their 14th studio album, 'Oczy Mlody,' the Flaming Lips continue to explore and build a sonic landscape. The music is layered, it's spacey, and it's a trip.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Run the Jewels, 'RTJ3'Sean McPherson • Jan 9, 2017Run The Jewels' strength has been in taking El-P's nihilistic views and coupling them with Killer Mike's focus on self-reliance, courage and the increased importance of local networks in the face of big national crises. On their third outing, Run the Jewels expand their sonic palette and create another album that speaks truth to power from beginning to end.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: The Lemon Twigs, 'Do Hollywood'David Safar • Jan 2, 2017The Lemon Twigs debut album leans away from the synth-driven soft rock that's trendy with their peers and instead celebrates the most familiar riffs and rhythms of bands like Wings, Big Star and Supertramp. 'Do Hollywood' is our Album of the Week.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Neil Young, 'Peace Trail'Jim McGuinn • Dec 26, 2016Neil Young's 37th solo album (and his second of 2016) displays the hardworking singer-songwriter in his signature restless, angry, profound, busy and brilliant fashion. 'Peace Trail' finds Neil Young searching for whatever's next on his long journey from the '60s to forever.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: 'A Very Kacey Christmas'Bill DeVille • Dec 19, 2016'You know when an artist has arrived when they make a Christmas album,' writes Bill DeVille. 'Rising country and Americana star Kacey Musgraves just released hers; it's called, 'A Very Kacey Christmas,' and it just might be *the* holiday album this season.' Read DeVille's complete review and listen to tracks from 'A Very Kacey Christmas,' our Album of the Week.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Childish Gambino, 'Awaken, My Love!'Jade • Dec 12, 2016Actor Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, is back with his third album. 'Those hungry for the sounds of Prince, Sly Stone, and Funkadelic will be well-fed on the Moog synthesizers, organs and funky woodwinds laying the heaviest, funkiest grooves throughout the album,' writes Jade in her review. Read the full review and listen to tracks from 'Awaken, My Love!'.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Rolling Stones, 'Blue & Lonesome'David Safar • Dec 5, 2016Fifty years into their career, the Rolling Stones have released an album of all covers. These songs didn't just inspire the Stones, but formed the fabric of their catalogue. For longtime Stones fans, 'Blue & Lonesome' could be the centerpiece of the band's discography.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Regina Spektor, Remember Us To LifeDavid Safar • Nov 28, 2016Regina's Spektor's seventh studio album is a collection of 11 songs that stay true to her artistic vision while subtly experimenting with arrangements and instrumentation in the process.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Leonard Cohen, 'You Want It Darker'Mark Wheat • Nov 21, 2016On his final album, Leonard Cohen counterbalances the heaviness of his end-of-life message with a confidence in his past choices and a sense of peace with how things have worked out.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: ATCQ, 'We Got It From Here ...'Sean McPherson • Nov 14, 2016When Phife Dawg passed away due to complications from diabetes, behind the scenes, A Tribe Called Quest had almost completed a record that would completely change their position in the history books. Weeks upon weeks of sessions spent face to face, in Q-Tip's home studio, were pushing towards a record that would celebrate all the progress that the crew and the hip-hop genre had made in the past two decades.