UPDATED: Sept. 8, 2025
Ty Segall’s one-man aesthetic gets some satisfying adornments on Possession
Segall returns with another record founded on his ability to overdub himself with ease, but goes a step further with some final flourishes.
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Ty Segall’s one-man aesthetic gets some satisfying adornments on Possession
Segall returns with another record founded on his ability to overdub himself with ease, but goes a step further with some final flourishes.
Wet Leg returns on Moisturizer, ready to fight
Wet Leg's second album confirms that their brilliant debut was no fluke.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard touches down with the brilliant Phantom Island
The band that can seemingly do anything and tries everything reaches for a new bar and delivers a stunning record.
Crawling through time and living with the results: Father John Misty’s Mahashmashana
The sixth Father John Misty album covers a lot of ground within its eight songs. What can we do with that?
CONCERT REPORTS
The Who, with ragged and reckless abandon, bid goodbye to Boston
Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey rally one more time for a show-stopping finale at Fenway Park.
From the depths to the light: Queens of the Stone Age, alive in Paris and Boston
Josh Homme and company followed up the release of the jaw-dropping Alive in the Catacombs by opening their U.S. tour with two thundering shows.
Dropping the leash and chasing the dragon with Pearl Jam in Atlanta
Making another trip to see the band led to a great time in the city and one of the more notable nights in this band's recent history.
Pearl Jam, Wrigley Field and the sun at the break of dawn
How many times can one person see the same band? When it's a band like this, it's amazing how deep the web of connection gets.
VOICES
Page and Plant traveled from Great Britain to Africa on No Quarter
In 1994, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant endeavored to take Led Zeppelin's music to new places. It took a while for those efforts to be appreciated.
Zero to 60, tracking the path of the Beatles’ Rubber Soul
The Beatles' sixth album was another marker in the middle of an incredible music-making marathon.
Sonic Youth, Rather Ripped and the art of time travel
I don't always recognize myself when I look back. But I always recognize Sonic Youth.
Frampton Comes Alive! is still a winner
The early criticisms of Peter Frampton at the height of his fame should not mean anything today. Alas.