Motionless in White sharpen their formula on Decades
Decades finds Motionless in White leaning harder into breakdowns, industrial crunch, and nu-metal bounce without sounding like they’re coasting.
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Album Reviews
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Starflyer 59’s Disappointed E.P. makes speed the point
On Disappointed E.P., Starflyer 59 doesn’t fully reinvent itself. What it does do is make speed matter again, with “I’m Disappointed” leading a sharp, Ramones-leaning burst of late-career urgency.
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The Strokes make AutoTune part of the joke on Reality Awaits
Reality Awaits lives or dies on Julian Casablancas’ processed vocals, but the best songs prove The Strokes know exactly what they’re doing with the bit.
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The Format return with Boycott Heaven, and they sound like they mean it
Boycott Heaven works because The Format treat their 2026 return like a real album, not a reunion souvenir: bigger arrangements, direct writing, and a few standout songs that carry real...
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Wisp’s If Not Winter makes shoegaze feel sharp at the edges
Wisp’s If Not Winter works because it keeps shoegaze readable. The guitars stay thick, the melodies stay clear, and the best tracks hit fast even when the album leans heavily...
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Placebo’s debut, colorized: RE:CREATED and the case for revisiting 1996
Placebo’s RE:CREATED works best when the band treats its 1996 debut like a set of songs still worth pushing around, not just preserving. The familiar cuts hit harder, and a...
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Monstrosity Get Back to the Riff on Screams From Beneath the Surface
Monstrosity’s 2026 album lands because it favors control, riffs, and veteran songcraft over empty retro worship or brute-force excess.
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Deftones sharpen their heaviness on Private Music
Private Music works because Deftones don’t try to become a different band. In 2025, they sound tighter, heavier, and more precise, with Chino Moreno and a compact sequence doing a...
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Nothing’s A Short History of Decay turns shoegaze into a fight between comfort and risk
Nothing’s 2026 album A Short History of Decay is strongest when its heavier shoegaze instincts collide with riskier structures, breakbeats, and vulnerable writing, even if parts of it slip back...
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Noah Kahan’s bigger songs keep the home address in view
The Great Divide doesn’t try to turn Noah Kahan into a different artist. It makes his confessional folk bigger, roomier, and occasionally better, while also exposing where that familiar approach...
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Rosalía turns Lux into pop as prestige cinema
On Lux, Rosalía builds pop with the pacing and scale of a carefully staged film, turning structure, orchestration, and standout songs into one of 2025’s most striking releases.
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Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rican homecoming, built from old rhythms and new pressure
Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos works because its return-to-Puerto-Rico theme is carried by the music itself: salsa, plena, bolero, perreo, and urbano arranged with real discipline from start to...
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Playboi Carti’s Voice Is the Real Spectacle on MUSIC
Playboi Carti’s 2025 album MUSIC is at its strongest when his voice does the heavy lifting, shifting between raspy lows, pitched-up flashes, and layered effects that keep a sprawling record...
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Virgin Finds Lorde Cutting the Gloss and Leaving the Guts Behind
Lorde’s 2025 album Virgin works best when its jagged synths, blunt writing, and pop hooks all pull in the same direction. It’s a strong, uneasy record that doesn’t always land...
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Toadies’ The Charmer: raw riffs, hard truths, and no studio gloss
Toadies return in 2026 with a stripped-down, guitar-first record that leans on directness, sharp hooks, and the band’s old muscle without turning into a nostalgia trip.
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Gorillaz’ The Mountain asks how much polish a song can carry
Gorillaz return in 2026 with a 15-track record shaped by Indian musical influence, grief, and heavy collaboration. The Mountain is richly built and often striking, even when a few songs...
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