Reviews

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds is a wonderful record confirming that one of Britain’s finest songwriters still has plenty to offer.

Megadeth’s latest full-length record feels derivative of the band’s previous outings, and for the most quite shallow and flat as well.

Mylo Xyloto finds Coldplay very aware of their place and doing their best to ensure that things remain a little interesting.

World-pop supergroup SuperHeavy sets its sights awfully high and fails to reach the summits it envisions on this eponymous debut.

Primus returns from a 12-year absence without missing a beat, crafting a thoroughly fun and occasionally stirring collection of tunes.

Ryan Adams’ latest full-length outing seems steeped in uncertainty, failing to present its themes in convincing fashion throughout.

Christopher Owens and JR White eclipse their debut effort with a follow-up that brings new life to comatose styles.

Singular guitarist Loren Mazzacane Connors is at it again with a reverberant new full-length that examines how small we are.

Feist vanished from public consciousness a few years ago but has returned with little if any rust. Any way you slice it, she’s back.

Mirror Traffic is the type of record that we have come to expect and want from Stephen Malkmus with no sign of decline yet.

In their current state, there are few bands around as exciting or simply as good as The Horrors. Skying is easily one of the years best.

On his debut album, Active Child’s Pat Grossi mostly makes good on the hype, but treads some untested waters to varying results.

Touareg figureheads Tinariwen scale things way back on their latest effort. Unfortunately, their distinctive voice has eroded in the process.

Though Cootes Leland perhaps sees Tim Gibbons at his simplest, these are earnest, solid songs rooted in Americana tradition.

Alan Palomo may still reside within the chillwave rubric, but he continues to tread it in his own distinct Neon Indian fashion.