Album Reviews8.6/10
Foo Fighters Trade Hooks for Grief Across Ten Tracks on But Here We Are
A solemn record of loss, wherein grief is disguised beneath hooks before being laid bare across ten tracks.
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Category: Album Reviews
Records we have scored.
Album Reviews7.5/10
Foo Fighters Tear Down the Wall of Guitars on Medicine at Midnight
A Foo Fighters record built upon disco and fire, a bold reinvention that mostly delivers upon its own promise.
Album Reviews8.2/10
Mastodon Honor Fallen Brother on Heavy, Direct Marrow Deep
Mastodon's Marrow Deep honors fallen brother Brent Hinds with mournful, direct metal; a fitting, heavy tribute.
Album Reviews8/10
Foo Fighters Reclaim the Bee Gees’ Catalog on Hail Satin
A record wherein the Foo Fighters take up the songs of the Bee Gees, and make them their own.
Album Reviews6.8/10
Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highways Traverses Eight Cities But Its Songs Can’t Match the Concept
A record of eight cities, each a station upon the highway of sound, wherein the concept exceeds the songs themselves.
Album Reviews7/10
Foo Fighters Split Metal and Pop on One Record — and In Your Honor Earns a 7
Foo Fighters split metal and pop on In Your Honor, eighteen songs of ambition and uneven execution, a flawed masterpiece.
Album Reviews8/10
Foo Fighters’ There Is Nothing Left to Lose Still Earns Its 8 After 27 Years
A look back at Foo Fighters' 1999 album There Is Nothing Left to Lose, a rock record about loss and defiance.
Album Reviews8.5/10
War on Drugs Sharpen Focus on Songs in Cohesive Seventh Album
A review of The War on Drugs' seventh album, I Don't Live Here Anymore, a tighter, more focused record than before.
Album Reviews8.1/10
Lost in the Dream Review: The War on Drugs Finally Found Their Voice
A band's finest hour, wrought from rock, folk and soul, wherein a dream is lost yet found again.
Album Reviews8.5/10
The War on Drugs’ Wagonwheel Blues Still Sounds Like a Band Finding Its Own Shape
A look back at The War on Drugs' debut album Wagonwheel Blues, weighing its highs like Arms Like Boulders and A Needle in Your Eye against its weaker stretches.