A Deluxe Edition of ‘Goats Head Soup’ Shows the Human Side of the Stones in the Seventies
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Disparaged at the time, the follow-up to ‘Exile on Main St’ now feels historic
Nas’ ‘King’s Disease’ Gets Derailed by Petty Misogyny
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsThe Queensbridge icon’s legendary storytelling chops are undercut by his increasingly bad politics on his first album in eight years
Bright Eyes’ First Album in Nine Years is a Tense Love Letter to L.A.
Posted in: Music Album Reviews‘Down In the Weeds, Where the World Once Was’ reminds us why Conor Oberst was one of the best singer-songwriters of the 2000s.
The Who, ‘Who’s Next’
Posted in: Music Album Reviews"There you have it, chums, an album that, despite a degree of sober calculatedness that would prove fatal to a lesser group, ranks right up there [...] as among the most wondrous of 1971."
Ernest Ellis Finds Light in The Darkness with ‘Be the Pariah’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsOn his first record in five years, Ernest Ellis proves his worth as one of Australia's finest exports.
Fontaines D.C. Balance Heavy Brooding, Fleeting Positivity on Second Album, ‘A Hero’s Death’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsAfter turning heads on their debut, Dogrel, last year, the post-punks flirt with psychedelia and echoey guitar while their singer stands his ground
E^ST Is All Grown Up On Debut Album, ‘I’M DOING IT’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsE^ST's first full-length album I'M DOING IT is an epic saga of blissful post-relationship mediations and pop, swathed with twinkling synths.
Taylor Swift Leaves Her Comfort Zones Behind on the Head-Spinning, Heartbreaking ‘Folklore’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsHer eighth album is a radical detour into the deepest collection of songs she’s ever come up with
Cub Sport Achieve Their Nirvana
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsThe fierce honesty and torn-open vulnerability of Cub Sport is exactly the beauty we need in a world torn apart.
Gang of Four Pay Homage to Andy Gill on Final EP, ‘Anti Hero’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsWith two new tracks and two reworkings of past recordings, the post-punk innovators show where they were at creatively at the time of their fearless leader’s death
