Noah Kahan — 'The Great Divide' Review
Post-fame introspection at 77 minutes: the highs are real, the middle needs an edit.
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Atreyu — 'The End Is Not the End' Review
Faked their own death, delivered a genuine second wind. Brandon Saller has arrived.
Friko — Something Worth Waiting For Review
The Chicago band's sophomore album is bigger, looser, and more confident than their debut — exactly what a second record should be.
The Twilight Sad — It's the Long Goodbye Review
Seven years in the making. With Robert Smith's help, James Graham has turned unimaginable grief into one of the year's most essential records.
Snail Mail — Ricochet Review
Lindsey Jordan is playing it safer than we'd like, and still making something worth hearing. But Ricochet rarely bites like it should.
The New Pornographers — The Former Site Of Review
A.C. Newman and co. make their first essential album in a decade. Less maximalist, more focused, and all the better for it.
Courtney Barnett — Creature of Habit Review
Barnett at her most relaxed and least willing to shout. A warm, smart album that plays well at the start and deepens over time.
Mitski — Nothing's About to Happen to Me Review
Mitski's seventh album sounds like she's running in place — furiously, beautifully, but in place. One of the year's most complicated pleasures.
Pulp — 'Begging for Change' Single Review
Jarvis Cocker sounds sixty-two years old and absolutely unbothered by it. 'Begging for Change' is Pulp at their most current.
Arctic Monkeys' 'Opening Night' Is the Band Rebuilding in Real Time
The Sheffield band's first new music since The Car is lean, thoughtful, and sounds like Alex Turner deciding what comes next.
Horsegirl — Versions of Modern Performance Review
The Chicago trio's debut is scrappy, strange, and exactly as good as the hype suggested. One of 2022's best indie rock records has only aged better.
Black Country, New Road — Forever Howlong Review
The post-Wood version of BC,NR had every reason to fail and instead made something genuinely remarkable. This is how you survive a crisis.
Geese — Getting Killed Review
Their strangest and strongest album yet. Cameron Winter has never sounded more brilliant or more unhinged, and that's exactly the point.