The Philadelphia storyteller turns the camera on himself on the unflinching HEAL.
Jack White // Lazaretto
by Ben Speggen6/16/2014, 9:09 AM
If 2012's Blunderbuss offered us insight to the post-divorce tormented, jaded lover, Lazaretto seems – lyrically – chiefly concerned with isolation, identity, and vision.
onewayness + dRachEmUsiK // immeasurable
by Cory Vaillancourt6/16/2014, 9:07 AM
Dreamy but not dreary, sparse but not slight, and intense but not overwhelming, "immeasurable" is a deeply textured sonic landscape.
Owen Pallett // In Conflict
by Alex Bieler6/16/2014, 9:06 AM
The album may abandon many of the fantastical elements of past albums, eschewing sci-fi and adventurous themes for personal first-person takes, but the results are surely fantastic.
Parquet Courts // Sunbathing Animal
by Alex Bieler6/16/2014, 9:04 AM
An album that finds the Brooklyn band more focused than before, but without sacrificing the ramshackle feel that drew in listeners from before.
The Black Keys // Turn Blue
by Ben Speggen5/28/2014, 6:47 AM
Turn Blue goes full-measure, taking the band into its most experimental places yet.
Wye Oak // Shriek
by Alex Bieler5/28/2014, 5:50 AM
Shriek feels more like a screech than it does a warm, dreamy coo over the course of ten tracks.
LCD Soundsystem // The Long Goodbye
by Alex Bieler5/28/2014, 5:49 AM
Once you shut up and start playing all of live album's hits, all of the potential cash grab reservations are lost in James Murphy's ability to hit your emotional sweet spot.
Ray LaMontagne // Supernova
by Ben Speggen5/28/2014, 5:46 AM
Folk superstar takes his biggest, boldest steps yet – not dipping a toe but getting ankle-deep in psychedelic folk.
Damon Albarn // Everyday Robots
by Alex Bieler5/14/2014, 1:41 PM
Blur and Gorillaz frontman pulls back the curtain for his first solo album.
The Mighty Sea // The Mighty Sea
by Ben Speggen5/14/2014, 3:44 AM
Raw yet haunting debut album of Seann Clark and Abby Barrett.
The 58's // The Blizzard of '93
by Iggy Imig5/14/2014, 3:43 AM
Pittsburgh born and bred.
Tyler Smilo // Blood Into Sound
by Alex Bieler5/14/2014, 3:38 AM
It's an embrace of basics that shows off the power behind creation.
Walter Trout // The Blues Came Callin'
by Cory Vaillancourt4/30/2014, 8:37 AM
If the blues comes callin' for you, answer it.
Eels // The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
