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Bandcamp Daily

How Sunn O))) Taught Us to Listen Beneath the Surface
Eve Maret, “Diamond Cutter”
Essential Releases, April 17, 2026
The Breathless Energy of Mexican Rave
How Nic Dalton’s Half A Cow Became an Australian Indie Mainstay
Rocketship, “A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness (30th Anniversary Edition)”
Hannah Lew, “Hannah Lew”
Trip-Hop Strikes Back

The Guardian

Sean Shibe: Vesper review – ever imaginative guitar virtuouso brings mind-expanding flights of fancy
Lucy Liyou: Mr Cobra review – an arresting trip through the volatile emotions of a predatory relationship
Various artists: Asili ya Mama review – Tanzanian field recordings tell women’s stories with an energetic trill
Samuel Hasselhorn: Schubert Hoffnung review – timbral and emotional flexibility is in ample supply
Jessie Ware: Superbloom review – Table Manners host dishes up more disco – but where are the bangers?
Holly Humberstone: Cruel World review – Taylor Swift fave trades gothic melancholy for pop glow-up

NPR

Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE put a ring on indie rap's favorite friendship
Marking the 100th birthday of jazz pianist and composer Randy Weston
Going up! 'Elevator Songs' is a high-concept, emotionally turbulent ride
Megan Moroney showcases her command of country heartache on 'Cloud 9'
With 'Arirang,' BTS returns to a K-pop moment of its own making
There's more than one path to a confessional song

Pitchfork

Superbloom
Jessie Ware’s sixth album tips from disco purism into polyester literalism.
HOTLIFE
The Montreal producer and DJ’s consciously raunchy, poignantly flippant new album stages a well-timed return to the sound that made him famous.
Frog for Sale
The indie-rock brother duo continues its prolific streak with a charmingly off-the-cuff album that exercises Daniel Bateman’s theatrical showmanship.
COLLIDE
The Manchester trio’s latest album proposes a heady, rhythmic strain of post-punk that references familiar touchstones while sounding genuinely, deliriously disorienting.

NME

Tomora – ‘Come Closer’ review: a Chemical Brother and Scandi pop wizardess’ euphoric collision
Ella Langley – ‘Dandelion’ review: infectious, irresistible country pop for those who dare to dream bigger
Lime Garden – ‘Maybe Not Tonight’ review: a brilliantly reckless soundtrack to your twenties
My New Band Believe – ‘My New Band Believe’ review: a staggering, sprawling masterpiece from the mind of Cameron Picton
The Itch – ‘It’s The Hope That Kills You’ review: decadent, freewheeling party underpinned by genuine humanity
Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE and Surf Gang – ‘Pompeii // Utility’ review: a sprawling, two-headed opus from rap’s most restless minds

Rolling Stone

‘Nine Inch Noize’ Is Trent Reznor’s EDM Victory Dance
Ella Langley Shows Why She’s a Budding Country Superstar on ‘Dandelion’
Thundercat Embarks on an Outer-Space Voyage Through Grief and Beauty
Ye Aims for a Career Reset With ‘Bully’
After Conquering the Internet Underground, Yeat Goes for Stadium Status on ‘ADL’
Melanie Martinez Raises Hell on Her Dystopian New Album

PopMatters

Vocalist Claire Dickson Creates Beguiling Art Music
Jimi Hendrix Experience’s ‘Axis: Bold as Love’ Shines On
Square One and Turn of Phrase Create Powerful Melodic Hardcore
Brown Horse Get Loud and Bleak As They Drive On
A Banshee Tree with ‘Bad Luck’ Grows in Colorado
Holly Humberstone Is Raw and Mature on ‘Cruel World’
Joe Jackson Settles Scores on ‘Hope and Fury’

The Needledrop

TND Staff Album Review: ‘Hotwire Trip Switch’ by Prince Daddy & The Hyena
Hotwire Trip Switch is a pretty major pivot for the band, and it works.
TND Staff Album Review: ‘Hotwire Trip Switch’ by Prince Daddy & The Hyena
Hotwire Trip Switch is a pretty major pivot for the band, and it works.
TND Staff Album Review: ‘Hauntings’ by Richard Barbieri
The sound-designing keyboardist, known for his roles in Japan and Porcupine Tree, flaunts his cinematic tendencies on his new album.
Thundercat - Distracted
The best Thundercat album since his debut.

The Quietus

Naná Rizinni – Epiblast
Abigail Snail – Rad Berms
Reissue of the Week: The Beastie Boys’ To The 5 Boroughs
ADULT. – Kissing Luck Goodbye
Thickened Moments: Life Day by Kristen Gallerneaux
Drass – On The Hill
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland – Eternal Life No End
Radical Traditional: Folk Music for Spring, by Patrick Clarke
My New Band Believe – My New Band Believe

Backseat Mafia

Album Review: Snailgun unveil their shattering debut ‘Glass Walls’ ahead of live dates.
News: Die Twice announce debut EP on FAE
Album Review: ‘Smile’ – Brighton’s Thrillhouse have blossomed into something quite special with their second shimmering album.
Album Review: The Melvins with Napalm Death – ‘Savage Imperial Death March’: A mind-shredding collaboration from two peerless noise rock pioneers.
Album Review: Carol Maia & Jeremy Gustin – ‘it’s nice to see a lake in your eyes’: an mpb moment to treasure from the Rio/Brooklyn partnership.

Beats Per Minute

Album Review: They Might Be Giants – The World Is To Dig
Album Review: ZAYN – KONNAKOL
Album Review: Lala Lala – Heaven 2
Album Review: Taroug – Chott
Album Review: Antropoceno – No Ritmo da Terra
Album Review: Sunn O))) – Sunn O)))
Album Review: Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl & Macie Stewart – BODY SOUND
Album Review: Baby Keem – Ca$ino