New Reviews for May 17, 2024
Touch & Go
Chicago's math rock titans dish out ten bangers in 28 minutes in a fitting yet unexpected finale to their career.
RCA / Wolf & Rothstein
This revamped version of 3.15.2020 sports a new mix, a shuffled track list, and all the daring and unpredictable brilliance of the original.
Domino
The singer/songwriter returns from a long hiatus with gorgeously weathered songs that explore aging with resolute honesty.
RCA
Frontman Matt Shultz exorcises personal demons as his band plays an alluring alt-rock pastiche.
Polyvinyl
Set against a move from Georgia to Vermont, the project's shape-shifting 19th studio outing tends to favor its sexier, sassier, funkier proclivities.
Hail Mary Productions / Virgin
A bright, lively, and fresh spin on classic rock from the actress turned singer.
Mono Mundo Recordings
Flashes of their retro-pop past and Latin-infused present mix on a great album from these roots country veterans.
Cultco Music / Hollywood
Boosted by orchestral backing, the Rochester indie crew scale back on concept and get creative on yet another addictive set.
In Memoriam
Editors' Choice for April, 2024
AllMusic Staff Pick
- May 21, 2024
1979
If the Knack had had better songs and a frontman who wasn't a jerk, they might have been as good as the Beat, the band Paul Collins put together after power-pop pioneers the Nerves split up. Their 1979 debut album is thirty-five minutes of power-pop bliss, with irresistible hooks, no-nonsense lyrics, abundant energy, taut guitar work, and a tight, tireless rhythm section, and it's anyone's guess why "Rock N Roll Girl" and "Don't Wait Up For Me Tonight" weren't hit singles.
