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As Wild Beasts release their fifth long-player, “Boy King,” we find them facing (rock band) middle age and most likely questioning their relevance.

Burroughs on the mic, King Khan on the boards.

Natasha Khan’s new album was created as a kind of soundtrack to a short film she screened this year at Tribeca.

Car Seat Headrest’s first wide release of brand-new material showcases most of the weapons in Will Toledo’s arsenal.

“Stiff” makes a grand leap into polished retro-rock territory.

At the pace Philly’s eclectic Santigold releases albums (read: slowly), it’s not hard to welcome each LP as more than just a new release for the artist.

A raucous blast of energy to help combat the winter doldrums.

After repeated listens to Harriet, the fact that they are from Los Angeles comes of absolutely no surprise.

Iceland sounds like an easy sell: who wouldn’t like an exotic arctic country inhabited by tall blond socialists? Yet when it…

Oh, to be that simplistic and silly again!

Very well produced and expertly performed, Pray for Rain does its best to entertain without offending—or leaving much of a lasting impression.

Dripping with sex, swagger, and a buzz factor they might have to invent a new scale for, the new Dead Weather album arrives—after almost a year of teaser singles—with a bit of a thud.

We’re glad he’s having fun, but next time he needs to put some power behind it.

Appropriation is nothing new under the creative sun (just ask Sam Smith or Robin Thicke), but the fact that Painted Palms wear their influences on their sleeve in such obvious fashion on their sophomore album is a little disappointing.

A for effort, but we already have “Rio.”

Four decades after the advent of punk, chief rotter John Lydon rejoices in PiL’s post-punk creation.

Blasting out of St. Joseph, Missouri, comes a power trio of young, homeschooled brothers who just delivered one solid debut rock album.

Twelve years later, though, it’s impossible to consider the stellar album without acknowledging its place in the artist’s short and turbulent career.

“Magnifique,” their new opus, is a fourteen-track tour de force that will stand as one of their best.

Brooklyn-based NYU grads turned power-pop revivalists EZTV talk about auditioning for Spiritualized and calling in sick to go on their first tour.