Albums are difficult to pull off well, but The Killers have spent over a decade making singles look easy. 2007’s Sawdust is an excellent case in point.
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Everything Everything Is Everything
Some bands you have fun with, and some you remember forever. Art-pop aficionados, unite!
Too Good To Fail
Liking a band’s output and being fully engaged by it sometimes turn out to be two very different things.
Selling Out is So Over (Part 1)
The Shins took the bold step of getting paid for the use of one of their songs in 2002. So why did some people hate them for it?
Ahead of the Woke Curve
Seattle’s Perfume Genius offered an exquisite, at times difficult, portrayal of what true empathy could sound like…but it arrived long before anyone was looking for it.
Inbetween Days
Okkervil River’s Will Sheff is a master at living in the spaces between traumatic events and their ultimate effects.
Somewhere, Blitzen Trapper is Dreaming This Right Now...
While the blogosphere was deluged in a veritable tidal wave of folk and indie rock music, making an album that would stand the test of time turned out to be an exercise in making one that was indisputably untimely.
Wolves At The Door
My Latest Novel’s debut still seems like the breakthrough album that should have been, and years later it remains a confident and assured work that plays by no one’s rules.
Our Jams Could Be Your (Inner) Life
Predicated on a style of music that typically makes no impact, Foxwarren embarks on a shock-and-awe campaign through inner monologues and coping mechanisms that sounds like one of the best records of the year.
Countdown to Freedom : Re-Critic's Top 10 Albums of 2018
As the sun sets on another year, let’s delve back in to the albums that made 2018 worth listening to.
Dating Protocols and Haircare: Nada Surf's Guide to Popularity
Sometimes the ability to triangulate a song into its particular time and place is a feature, not a bug.
Win Butler and the Wise Blood Roadshow
Neon Bible isn’t as universally loved as other Arcade Fire albums - is this a product of artistic overreach, or of a public less willing to invest in its message?
On Texas Time : Looking Back at Sha Sha
We try to define why Ben Kweller’s solo debut has stood the test of time…and fail spectacularly in the attempt
#Adulting: The Jicks get "Shiggy"
Stephen Malkmus and his band are cornering the market on indie dad-rock for the ages, and the aged.
Our Anthems Weigh a Ton
Two Montreal-based bands face off in a battle of who could care more. Who comes out on top?
Kill Your Darlings
In era of unprecedented, unparalleled, unfettered access and availability, are we selling ourselves short by buying into a "news cycle" mentality?
Splash After Death: The Breeders' Reunion Actually Means Something
In a climate where reunions are a dime a dozen, every once in a while one comes along that seems more significant.
Twinning Fantastically: Will Toledo Gambles on LP3
Car Seat Headrest borrows from old blues to make something new on Twin Fantasy.
Getting Lost To Get Found : Revisiting Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Second LP
Lift Your Skinny Fists holds up amazingly well in today's topsy-turvy world.
Listlessly Listening for List-making (2017 Year In Review)
Re-Critic takes a look at the best of 2017.