Album Review

Mister Goblin's new album uses the plot of a 2010 horror movie to explore the darkness in us all.

On their fifth album, the New York DIY veterans Palberta have created their most accessible work to date.

Julien Baker's masterful sophomore LP is intensely honest and humble while crossing into such a range of different musical hemispheres that it’s able to captivate any kind of listener.

Philly band Weller's self-titled debut LP is 23 minutes of poignant emotions and pure head-bobbing fun.

Full of creativity and lacking predictability, 'The Amulet' is an album that rings with a sense of urgency most bands fail to sustain through two or three albums, let alone a half dozen.

As exciting as music in 2016 has been, the last thing I expected was a top-10 record of my life to show up out of nowhere and make me feel whole again. That’s not just the power of music, but the power of Jeff Rosenstock.

Real Stories of True People isn’t necessarily groundbreaking, but one of the celebrated aspects of music is that an album doesn’t have to be unique in order to be considered extremely enjoyable. Oso Oso’s ability to write breezy hooks accompanied by tastefully unfiltered lyricism will lead to individuals discovering, and ultimately, resonating with the album.

Overall, I don’t think this is the best release from The Story So Far, but they’ve captured the essentials, packaged them with some real catchy hits, and did a damn good job of it.

Four Year Strong is ambitious as ever. Finally we have new dynamics from a band that just did not put them together efficiently on In Some Way, Shape Or Form.

The vocals can be extremely off putting for some, but my extreme love for the spacey atmosphere has me welcoming this approach. What Diamond Youth really does well is blend all of this music together with great taste. They don't reinvent the wheel, but instead spin it with their own fuzzy power.

I’m not here to tell you that Imbue is perfect in every way, but it’s an honest, heart-on-the-sleeve type of album we’ve come to expect from The Early November, which is why when the last note strikes, you feel as if you have learned something by listening.

Peripheral Vision is a mix of emo, shoe-gaze and pop punk. Turnover never shy away from their strengths, allowing their ability to create dynamics shine.

From the first few seconds of Ishamel's new EP, Mention, one can hear the talent seeping out of the spastic guitar riffs and complex time signatures. The trio hails from the deep indie scene of New York City, and their music sounds like the city itself in a way.

Pope's new record, Fiction, is full of droning low energy tracks that hum along blasting your ears with fuzzy riffs and low key vocals that sporadically burst through the web of sound.

4th 'N Goal hail from Italy and created a marvelous, singable anthem on their newest EP, Turn On The Light.