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Car Seat Headrest  The Scholars

Toledo is young enough that it's premature to call The Scholars a masterpiece, though it's unquestionably his finest work to date and one of the best albums of 2025 All Music

Car Seat Headrest  The Scholars

Packed with musical and literary references, there's a lot to unpick, but tracks like "The Catastrophe (Good Luck With That, Man)" show the band still have a knack for pop hooks, albeit not as lo-fi as before. Print edition only Uncut

Car Seat Headrest  The Scholars

It's the jubilant reach and dynamite in the details that make The Scholars a rock opera worthy of the form. Print edition only Mojo

PUP  Who Will Look After The Dogs?

Delivers a treasure trove of head-bobbing catharsis. Who Will Look After the Dogs is messy, brutal, and also strangely comforting; it’s an album that doesn’t clean up after itself and doesn’t need to Northern Transmissions

PUP  Who Will Look After The Dogs?

A mixture of driving punk energy, wry humour and moments of vulnerability The Arts Desk

PUP  Who Will Look After The Dogs?

Toronto band take on personal crisis with a sense of humor and loud guitars Rolling Stone

PUP  Who Will Look After The Dogs?

It’s all catharsis, set to an instrumentation that simply sounds like a really good rock show as they refused to overthink or overdo craft either and more than benefit from that no-brain, all-guts approach Far Out

PUP  Who Will Look After The Dogs?

There are no easy answers, just four friends muddling their way through life and trying to put words to what their feeling. It’s the crowning glory of their peerless five-album run Dork

Lucius  Lucius

It’s a technically accomplished album that hints at greater depths, if only they’d loosened their grip on perfection Dork

Lucius  Lucius

Their songwriting is detailed and meticulous here, debunking the notion of some critics that all pop is simple, and at the same time, presentation matches the songwriting Spill Magazine

Lucius  Lucius

Laessig and Wolfe show their range on the soaring country soul of "Orange Blossoms" and demonstrate the difference between overwrought emoting and dynamic melodrama on "Final Days". Print edition only Uncut

Lucius  Lucius

Restates their collective intent with the hip-hop groove and soaring chorus of Gold Rush, the breezy drivetime rock of Old Tape (tackling persistent self-criticism) and the Judee Sill verses of Mad Love. Print edition only Mojo

Lucius  Lucius

While this album will undoubtedly be embraced by those who have been following the L.A. group since their early days in Brooklyn, it's never too late to get on the Lucius train, and this eponymous LP is a great representative of what they do All Music

Jenny Hval  Iris Silver Mist

Hval's reconnection with her senses, her art, and her people makes for some of her most personal and affecting music. Alluring and thought-provoking, Iris Silver Mist plays the heart notes expertly All Music

Jenny Hval  Iris Silver Mist

It might seem unusual to use anything but your ear canals to experience a record in full, but trust me, your nostrils will be in for a treat when you allow Iris Silver Mist to hit you with full force Far Out