Antiquiet Album Reviews & New Music Guide

 
 
 
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Hawk
 

On Hawk, the sum of Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan's is simultaneously innocent and guilty, shy and fearless, a mourning young widow walking... More

 
Arcade Fire
The Suburbs
 

Arcade Fire have returned with an intense, sprawling, sixteen-track monster of a third album that ranks high among our contenders for album of the year. More

 
Morcheeba
Blood Like Lemonade
 

Last week, I was shocked to discover that a new Morcheeba studio album had nearly dodged our radar, and even more surprised to learn that original vocalist Skye Edwards... More

 
Menomena
Mines
 

The devil - and the glory - is in the details on Menomena's long-awaited fourth album, MinesMore

 
Fitz & The Tantrums
Pickin' Up The Pieces
 

We've been listening to Fitz & The Tantrums' debut LP Pickin' Up The Pieces non-stop. Hop on board. More

 
M.I.A.
MAYA
 

M.I.A.'s third album is essentially 50 minutes of self-indulgent ass noise, representing what we can only hope is rock bottom in her downward spiral of de-evolution. More

 
Brandon Boyd
The Wild Trapeze
 

After nearly two decades in the limelight with Incubus, Brandon Boyd has released his first solo album into the wild. The Wild Trapeze was an experience of... More

 
 
 
Tuesday, August 17
So the Gershwin Estate approached Brian Wilson, which resulted in Wilson recording an album of covers and completing two unfinished compositions Gershwin left behind. More

 
 
This one's going head to head with the new Bush album in this year's pointless suckage battle royale. More

 
 
Maiden returns after a four year wait with their fifteenth studio album, which is far too many for us to keep track of anymore. More

 
 
The Toadies' long-lost second album has been re-recorded and shall finally see the light of day. More

 
Tuesday, August 24
The third part of a trilogy of concept albums from cult faves Eels. More

 
 

We've been listening to Fitz & The Tantrums' debut LP Pickin' Up The Pieces non-stop. Hop on board. More

 
 

On Hawk, the sum of Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan's is simultaneously innocent and guilty, shy and fearless, a mourning young widow walking... More

 
 
We'd still fuck her, even with your mom's dick. We still won't listen to her albums. More

 
Tuesday, August 31
This is pedigree. We dig Jenny Lewis, and her man Johnathan Rice produced her Acid Tongue, one of our personal favorite albums from the past few years. More

 
 
This album cover is amazing. More

 
Tuesday, September 7
Helmet is cool. But why are their album covers always so godawfully shitty? More

 
 
Johnny adds albums without descriptions because he loves trees. More

 
Tuesday, September 14
We don't care yet. More

 
 
While we were a little disappointed with Grinderman's debut, Warren Ellis has described this one as "a cross between stoner rock and Sly Stone via Amon Düül." We're in. More

 
 
Linkin Park is a little better than a lot of people give them credit for, yet not quite as a lot of other folks claim. What we've heard so far has been pretty disappointing. More

 
Tuesday, September 28
Hell yes. More

 
 
Yo Semite. More

 
 
A greatest hits compilation. But as greatest hits compilations go, this one sounds like it's absolutely worth every penny. Check out the tracklist, spanning 2 CDs and a DVD. More

 
 
Remember when Weezer used to be good? Also, yes, that is the album cover, and yes, it's named after the character from the TV show LostMore

 
Tuesday, October 5

At last, QOTSA/Them Crooked Vultures guitarist Alain Johannes is set to step into his own light with the release of his first solo album, SparkMore