Cloudspeakers

At the core of every great Interpol song hangs a hook so barbed it could draw blood, no matter how heavy the surrounding goth atmospherics. But somewhere between 2004's Antics and the mostly tepid ... Read more

Bits of darkness invade !!!'s first album in three years, and it's a dangerous supplement for a band whose foundation is winking, boisterous funk. When the slink doesn't get too murky, as on "AM/FM... Read more

This Chicago band’s skittish energy recalls Talking Heads and TV on the Radio, lightening any dark subject matter with twitchy bursts of color. Early EPs were lumped in with math and prog bands, bu... Read more

Tokyo Police Club introduced itself to the world with an EP, A Lesson In Crime, so spunky, energetic, and youthful—not to mention short—that the more contemplative songs on the Canadian band’s debu... Read more

Kele Okereke follows Thom Yorke's path on this first solo set, stepping away from a hugely successful band to spend more time addressing the aesthetics of the dance floor. Bloc Party fans won't be ... Read more

The vaguely optimistic slow dance "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks" closes the National's fifth album, and you can almost see crepe paper falling lazily off the gym wall as it fades, like a welcome exhale... Read more

Isaac Brock isn’t just the bark behind Modest Mouse—he’s also something of a part-time A&R man who was responsible for bringing both The Shins and Wolf Parade to Sub Pop. He now curates the Glacial... Read more

On his solo debut, Jónsi Birgisson -- Sigur Rós' spectral voice and six-string skyscraper -- embraces a lithe, lush pop his main band is too monolithic to accommodate, and it's revelatory. Though... Read more

Frightened Rabbit’s last album, 2008’s The Midnight Organ Fight, was damn near perfect, and those who discovered it tended to embrace it passionately. While it’s pointless to speculate on the press... Read more

Boy, midlake's Tim Smith wasn't joking when he said that his band's third album -- and first since breaking bigger with 2006's breathtaking, Fleetwood Mac-inspired Trials of Van Occupanther -- was ... Read more