Album Reviews7.8/10
Wolf Alice’s My Love Is Cool Refuses to Pick a Lane — and Mostly Gets Away With It
Wolf Alice's My Love Is Cool refuses to pick a lane, moving between pop, grunge, and psychedelia across twelve tracks.
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Album Reviews8/10
Wolf Alice Trade Guitar Epics for Hooks on Blue Weekend
A review of Wolf Alice's Blue Weekend, a pop record that dresses itself as rock, weighing its highs against its lows.
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.
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.