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Death Cab For Cutie  I Built You A Tower

Gibbard impressively sounds his age despite having gotten off the road mainlining nostalgia on consecutive anniversary tours. While everything may have been falling apart around Gibbard, Death Cab kept it together Northern Transmissions

Death Cab For Cutie  I Built You A Tower

While not every track hits that hard, this is still a worthy addition to the band’s catalogue of poignant, sorrowful songs Kerrang!

Kurt Vile  Philadelphia's been good to me

As the album’s primary producer, Vile offers something close to a glimpse into his inner world. The hypnotic, euphonic, bobbing cadence of his vocals blends seamlessly with the loose drift of his guitar playing, revealing the intimacies and joys of the years in possibly his best album to date Northern Transmissions

Boards of Canada  Inferno

More than anything, Inferno asks to be thought about – to be considered. It does ask for time. Which at this moment might be flat out revolutionary. A stop to the endless scrolling. An opportunity to consider the past, the present, and what might be to come. That might be what we all need Northern Transmissions

Boards of Canada  Inferno

Boards of Canada are firmly rooted as documentarians of the ruinous now Beats Per Minute

Iceage  For Love of Grace & the Hereafter

Boasts a jagged sophistication, the entire album pulsing with a sense of amused urgency, reckless beauty, and exuberant swagger—a worthy addition to this band’s nearly flawless discography Albumism

Paul McCartney  The Boys of Dungeon Lane

This is a deeply personal album to McCartney, but one he chose to share with us, and we are the better for it. Once again, Sir Paul McCartney raises the bar Spill Magazine

Kurt Vile  Philadelphia's been good to me

Vile has neither reached new heights nor is he off the boil on Philadelphia’s Been Good To Me; he’s simply doing what he’s always successfully done over the course of his previous nine albums, which is deliver a level of consistency and a stronger sense of identity than most are capable of maintaining A.V. Club

Lizzo  Bitch

The former queen of confident pop anthems delivers an anonymous record that’s full of mixed messages The Independent

Lizzo  Bitch

After scrapping an album and starting anew, Lizzo still sounds lost amid these weak genre-hopping songs. Perhaps the zeitgeist has simply left her behind The Guardian

Bleachers  Everyone For Ten Minutes

With its shout-along hooks and pop drama, Jack Antonoff’s latest isn’t so different from the others, but his myopic views on modern life and celebrity are becoming harder to bear Pitchfork

Boards of Canada  Inferno

13 years after the superb Tomorrow’s Harvest, Scottish duo Boards of Canada turn their attention to religion on the apocalyptic Inferno No Ripcord

Iceage  For Love of Grace & the Hereafter

Unconcerned with convention, Iceage move confidently at their own rhythm, weaving moments of musical levity into the grim vignettes that still lie at the heart of their sound No Ripcord

Iceage  For Love of Grace & the Hereafter

A frenetic burst of sustained creativity, ‘For The Love Of Grace & The Hereafter’ is arresting from the off. Aggressive and melodic in equal measure, its dichotomy is completely thrilling – perhaps the band’s best to date, a blast of sheer adrenalin from start to finish Clash

Kurt Vile  Philadelphia's been good to me

The most moving thing about Vile’s description of his home city is that it is abundant with nuance and free of sugar-coating, delivered with a comforting sense of honesty that makes it feel real. He knows it ain’t perfect, but it’s home Clash