Album review
Mr. Misunderstood
Eric Church
Mr. Misunderstood gives Eric Church's country-rock sound a more concentrated shape. The ten songs move easily between guitars, soul and quieter reflection, with Jay Joyce keep…
Read reviewFind the artists behind the music, explore their records and read our reviews. It all starts here.
Reviews
968 found · Page 36 of 41
Album review
Sci-Fi Crimes
Chevelle
Sci-Fi Crimes gives Chevelle's heavy rock a darker, more varied setting. The thick guitar sound and large choruses remain familiar, but Pete Loeffler explores a wider vocal ra…
Read review
Album review
Unmaker
LLNN
LLNN get to the point quickly on Unmaker. The Danish band’s third album combines rough guitars, heavy bass and drums with electronic sounds that make the music feel even more …
Read review
Album review
Endangered Species
Flaw
Endangered Species gives Flaw's heavy sound a smoother, more melodic direction. Chris Volz's voice remains the main attraction, but the arrangements allow the singing to carry…
Read review
Album review
Saturate
Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin sound impatient on Saturate. Their debut puts heavy guitar riffs and sharp changes in vocal intensity ahead of subtlety, but it also shows a clear instinct f…
Read review
Album review
The Weight Of The Mask
Svalbard
The Weight Of The Mask brings heavy music and difficult feelings into close contact. Svalbard combine the urgency of hardcore with ringing guitar melodies, fast black metal rh…
Read review
Album review
The Weight of These Wings
Miranda Lambert
The Weight of These Wings gives Miranda Lambert a large, unhurried setting for songs about leaving, uncertainty and the habits that make change difficult. Its twenty-four trac…
Read review
Album review
Cure
ERRA
Cure finds ERRA making their technical metalcore feel direct without removing the detail. Jesse Cash's melodic singing and J.T. Cavey's harsher delivery give the songs a clear…
Read review
Album review
Colourmeinkindness
Basement
Colourmeinkindness puts Basement's melodic instincts inside a heavier, slower-moving sound. The guitars carry plenty of grit, but the songs rarely depend on speed alone. There…
Read review
Album review
The Wilderness
Explosions in the Sky
The Wilderness gives Explosions in the Sky's instrumental music a different sense of scale. The pieces are shorter than many of their earlier compositions, and electronics pla…
Read review
Album review
Aphelion
Leprous
Aphelion finds Leprous moving between spare electronic passages and much larger rock arrangements. The Norwegian band keep Einar Solberg's expressive voice at the front, but s…
Read review
Album review
Voidkind
DVNE
Voidkind makes Dvne's progressive metal more direct without reducing it to short, simple songs. The riffs arrive with greater urgency, while clean singing and more spacious pa…
Read review
Album review
Ember
Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin turn up the aggression on Ember without making a major change to their sound. Heavy guitar grooves, large melodic choruses and Ben Burnley’s familiar voice r…
Read review
Album review
This Could Be Texas
English Teacher
This Could Be Texas gives English Teacher plenty of room to show their range. The band move between sharp post-punk, melodic indie rock, quieter piano passages and more compli…
Read review
Album review
Like an Arrow
Blackberry Smoke
Like an Arrow shows how much variety Blackberry Smoke can find inside a familiar Southern rock sound. There are heavier riffs, quieter country songs and stretches of funk, all…
Read review
Album review
Ilion
Slift
Ilion pushes Slift's heavy psychedelic rock towards an even larger scale. Eight tracks fill nearly eighty minutes, with thick guitars, busy bass and forceful drums carrying mo…
Read review
Album review
Hemispheres
Rush
Hemispheres puts a great deal of music into four tracks. Rush combine the force of a hard rock trio with changing rhythms, long instrumental passages and carefully arranged ke…
Read review
Album review
What Else Can She Do
Kaitlin Butts
What Else Can She Do is short, but it has a clear purpose. Kaitlin Butts follows women facing difficult choices, using country arrangements that make room for both uncertainty…
Read review
Album review
Let Me Get By
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Let Me Get By sounds like the work of musicians who trust each other. Tedeschi Trucks Band bring a dozen players into songs that draw on blues, soul, funk and roots rock, yet …
Read review
Album review
First Temple
Closure In Moscow
First Temple gives busy progressive rock a strong sense of fun. Closure in Moscow fill the songs with quick guitar movements, high singing and changing rhythms, but they also …
Read review
Album review
Blow by Blow
Jeff Beck
Blow by Blow gives Jeff Beck's guitar the freedom to lead without making the rest of the band feel secondary. The instrumental music connects rock, jazz and funk through clear…
Read review
Album review
The Yes Album
Yes
The Yes Album makes complicated playing feel welcoming. Steve Howe's guitar adds folk, country and harder rock details, while Chris Squire's bass and Bill Bruford's drums keep…
Read review
Album review
Folklore
Big Big Train
Folklore finds Big Big Train giving their detailed progressive rock a stronger connection to folk music. Strings, brass and flute add colour around the guitars and keyboards, …
Read review
Album review
Platinum
Miranda Lambert
Platinum gives Miranda Lambert plenty of room to change direction. Across sixteen songs, she moves between polished country-pop, rougher rock performances and traditional arra…
Read review