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.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
Tag: rock music
Album Reviews8.2/10
Wreckless Eric’s ‘Construction Time and Demolition’ Still Packs Rough Energy Eight Years On
A record of construction and ruin, wherein eleven songs pass swiftly and one stands forth above the rest.
Album Reviews8.1/10
Arctic Monkeys went heavy instead of witty on AM, and the album’s noise is its biggest strength
A review of Arctic Monkeys' AM, a loud, confident rock record trading wit for weight.
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 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 Reviews8.1/10
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 Reviews8/10
Car Seat Headrest’s 6: Ambition That Mostly Pays Off
Car Seat Headrest's sprawling double album 6 balances ambitious rock opera with raw emotional depth, mostly delivering on its grand ambitions.
Album Reviews8/10
Car Seat Headrest Tightens Its Focus on Death Metal
A full-length rock record about death, traded for a leaner, darker sound after years of bedroom recordings.