AV Club
Okovi is pure, unadulterated Zola Jesus
Pollinator is about the best you could hope for from Blondie in 2017
Juliana Hatfield finds purpose in politics on anti-Trump album Pussycat
The Sadies cut a fresh path through familiar territory on Northern Passages
Conor Oberst is stuck inside of Omaha with some serious snowbound blues
The Wedding Present goes 3,000 miles, covers familiar ground on new LP
Hot Hot Heat ends respectable post-punk run with respectable LP
Broncho ups the drama on slight downer of a third album
Dylan wows again with a second standards album
Anohni makes pop music for a world about to burst
Poliça takes its moody, artsy, R&B-flavored synth-pop to the next level
Warpaint’s bassist throws a bleak dance party on her solo debut
Neon Indian dances itself clean of the chillwave tag once and for all
Albert Hammond Jr. strokes his chin on his most Strokes-like record yet
Thee Oh Sees made another one of those records where they rock really hard
Punk godfathers The Sonics justify a continued existence few would deny them
Friends again, King Khan and BBQ make mutant doo-wop like only they can
Sonny and the Sunsets, Talent Night at the Ashram
Conor Oberst’s Upside Down Mountain
Billboard
R.E.M.'s 'Out of Time' at 25: Classic Track-by-Track
Neko Case's 'Fox Confessor Brings the Flood' at 10: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Boyz II Men's 'Cooleyhighharmony' at 25: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Fugees' 'The Score' at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Janet Jackson's 'Control' at 30: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Synth-Poppers Wet's Debut 'Don't You' Is Lovely -- But Forgettable: Album Review
Garage Rocker Ty Segall Challenges With Menacing Sound on ‘Emotional Mugger’: Album Review
Alt-Pop Duo Charlift Enlivens Synthy Sound on ‘Moth’: Album Review
Cat Power's 'The Greatest' at 10: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Alt-Folkies Daughter Colors Bright Sounds With Shades of Gray on ‘Not to Disappear’: Album Review
Troye Sivan Shows Growth and Growing Pains on Debut ‘Blue Neighbourhood’: Album Review
Justin Bieber Proves His Growth on 'Purpose': Album Review
One Direction Points the Way Forward on Swan Song (For Now) ‘Made in the A.M.’: Album Review
Smashing Pumpkins' 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' at 20: 10 Most Melancholy Moments
U2's 'Boy' at 35: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Bruce Springsteen's 'The River' at 35: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
No Doubt's 'Tragic Kingdom' at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Talking Heads' 'Remain In Light' at 35: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Prince's 'Dirty Mind' at 35: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Oasis' '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Duran Duran Party Like It’s 1989 on Guest-Filled ‘Paper Gods’: Album Review
Bruce Springsteen's 'Born to Run' Turns 40: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Grace Potter Adds Pop Spice to Her Grass-Roots Sound for Solo Debut 'Midnight': Album Review
AC/DC's 'Back In Black' at 35: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
'Clueless' at 20: Revisiting the Soundtrack with a Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Foo Fighters' Self-Titled Debut at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Years & Years Debut 'Communion' Is Filled with Confessional Synth-Pop
Motley Crue's 'Theatre of Pain' at 30: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill' Turns 20: Classic Track-by-Track Review
Shamir Serves Up Sass and Style on Disco-Inspired Debut ‘Ratchet’: Album Review
Album Review: Blur Comes to a Personal and Professional Crossroads on ‘The Magic Whip’
Shamir Serves Up Sass and Style on Disco-Inspired Debut ‘Ratchet’: Album Review
Radiohead’s ‘The Bends’ at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Album Review: The ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Soundtrack Hits Hard Enough to Leave a Lasting Mark
Album Review: Bob Dylan Takes on Frank Sinatra with ‘Shadows In the Night’ Covers Album
Album Review: Belle and Sebastian’s ‘Girls In Peacetime Want to Dance’ Gets Sonically Adventurous
Bob Dylan’s ‘Blood on the Tracks’ at 40: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
‘U Can’t Touch This’ at 25: Remember M.C. Hammer’s Breakthrough Single
The Clash’s ‘London Calling’ at 35: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Album Review: TV on the Radio’s ‘Seeds’ Makes a Giant Leap Toward the Mainstream
TLC’s ‘CrazySexyCool’ at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ at 30: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Pretty Hate Machine’ at 25: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
U2′s ‘The Unforgettable Fire’ at 30: Classic Track-by-Track Album Reviw
Album Review: Prince’s First Two Albums In Four Years Are a Mixed Bag
Dave Matthews Band’s ‘Under the Table and Dreaming’ at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s ‘Cheek to Cheek’: Track-by-Track Album Review
U2′s Surprise ‘Songs of Innocence’: Album Review
The 20 Best Songs About Friendship: Good, Bad, and With Benefits
The Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘Ready to Die’ at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Oasis’ ‘Definitely Maybe’ at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Christina Aguilera’s Self-Titled Debut at 15: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Michael Jackson’s ‘Off the Wall’ at 35: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ ‘Hypnotic Eye’: Track-by-Track Album Review
Beastie Boys’ ‘Paul’s Boutique’ at 25: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ at 30: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Jack White’s ‘Lazaretto’: Track-by-Track Album Review
Lily Allen’s ‘Sheezus’: Track-by-Track Review
Aaliyah’s ‘Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number’ at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Mariah Carey’s ‘Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse’: Track-by-Track Review
The Cure’s ‘Disintegration’ at 25: Classic Track-by-Track Review
Weezer’s ‘Blue Album’ at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Review
Blur’s “Parklife” at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Foster the People, ‘Supermodel’: Track-by-Track Review
Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’ at 25: Classic Track-by-Track Review
Pixies “Doolittle” at 25: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review
Paste
Paste Review of the Day: Gorillaz - Humanz
British Sea Power: Let The Dancers Inherit The Party
Wondering Sound
Album Review: Buzzcocks’ ‘The Way’
The Village Voice
The Black Kids: “Partie Traumatic”
The Hartford Courant
The Black Lips: “Good Bad, Not Evil”
The Good, the Bad, and the Queen: S/T
Turpentine Brothers: “We Don’t Care About Your Good Time”
Gogol Bordello: “Super Taranta!”
Depeche Mode: “Sounds of the Universe”
PJ Harvey and John Parish: “A Woman a Man Walked By”
The Boy Least Likely To: “The Law of the Playground”
Lily Allen: “It’s Not Me, It’s You”
Jens Lekman: “Night Falls Over Kortedala”
M Music & Musicians Magazine
Nirvana, “In Utero: 20th Anniversary Edition”
Neko Case, “The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight…”
The Rolling Stones, “Crossfire Hurricane” (DVD)
Elvis Costello & the Roots, “Wise Up Ghost”
Mazzy Star, “Seasons Of Your Day”
The Postal Service, “Give Up: Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition"
The Three O’Clock, “The Hidden World Revealed”
Beastie Boys, “Hot Sauce Committee Part Two”
The Vaccines, “What Did You Expect?”
Brian Eno, “Drums Between the Bells”
They Might Be Giants, “Join Us”
The Raveonettes, “Raven in the Grave”
Social Distortion: “Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes”
The Decemberists: “The King Is Dead”
The Delta Spirit: “History From Below”
American Hi-Fi: “Fight the Frequency”
Superchunk: “Majesty Shredding”
Black Angels: “Phosphene Dream”