Album Reviews8/10
Parquet Courts Let Nature Be Human on the Restless ‘Sympathy for Life’
A restless record of anxious pop songs, quiet instrumentals, and full-band rock-outs, all held together by one restless mind.
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Tag: 2021 albums
Album Reviews8/10
IDLES Slow Down the Rage on CRAWLER, and the Anger Endures
A crawl through rage, grief, and survival on IDLES' third album CRAWLER — a flawed masterpiece of endurance.
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 Reviews7.5/10
H.E.R.’s ‘Back of My Mind’ Is a Confident Showcase That Plays It Too Safe
H.E.R.'s Back of My Mind is a polished but overlong R&B debut—21 tracks of talent that plays it safe.
Album Reviews8/10
Gojira’s ‘Fortitude’ Is Their Most Complete Record Yet — 8/10
Gojira's Fortitude blends anthemic melody with crushing riffs, delivering the French metal band's most confident and complete album yet.
Album Reviews6/10
Certified Lover Boy: 86 Minutes of Comfortable, Not Hungry
A grim, ninety-minute chronicle of Drake's ninth toil, wherein guest verses and hooks contend against the tedium of length.
Album Reviews5.1/10
Donda: The Tighter, Better Record Kanye West Chose Not to Make
A tenth album of vast repetition and grief — ideas of true weight, marred by excess that mars the whole design.
Album Reviews8.8/10
Little Simz Builds a Stadium and Whispers Inside It: ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ Reviewed
A record of swelling strings and bare confession, from stadium address to lone diary entry across many tracks.