Throwing Muses
Moonlight Concessions
Another reliably compelling missive from the rare talent that is Kristin Hersh
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Throwing Muses
Moonlight Concessions
If Moonlight Concessions doesn't quite hit the heights of Clear Pond Road, Sun Racket, and Black Pearl, it's still a worthwhile listen -- and reaffirms just how high the bar is when it comes to Hersh's music
All Music
Throwing Muses
Moonlight Concessions
For their 11th album in a nearly 40-year career, the alt-rockers switch focus to acoustic guitars and cello – but their tumultuous tales are still charged with elemental power
The Guardian
Throwing Muses
Moonlight Concessions
"South Coast" and "Albatross", especially, are the sound of a band growing no less peculiar and wonderous for their familiarity. Print edition only
Uncut
Courting
Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story
Lust for Life is weirdly joyous and joyously weird, and it's marvelously entertaining either way; it's the band's strongest and most cohesive work yet
All Music
Steven Wilson
The Overview
There's a lot going on here in composition, performance, and production, but it's always focused, never excessive, and always accessible; in some places, it actually approaches the profound
All Music
Steven Wilson
The Overview
We are left with several fragmented bits and a couple of fleshed out numbers in between. Had Steven expanded them more would have led to a very immersive project, just as complex as the concept undertaken
Sputnik Music (staff)
Lady Gaga
Mayhem
Lady Gaga’s official return to pop isn’t quite the grand return one might’ve hoped for — and it’s never, as the title suggests, “mayhem”
Spectrum Culture
SASAMI
Blood On the Silver Screen
On her third album, the Los Angeles songwriter pivots to pop. When she leans into outsized production and campy hooks, she soars—but more often, her anemic songwriting falters
Pitchfork
Circuit des Yeux
Halo On The Inside
On Halo on the Inside, Fohr has found freedom in the perverse. She’s the growling goat-god of our nightmares. In her newly bestial form, she’s never sounded so regenerated and spiritually integrated – so terrifyingly animal and alive
Crack
Edwyn Collins
Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation
This is not an album fearing old age and death, this is an album full of optimism, and that’s absolutely wonderful to hear
God Is In The TV
Coheed and Cambria
The Father of Make Believe
The latest instalment in the saga of revenge and warfare is enjoyably colourful — but is it prog?
The FT