Eunuchs - Harbour Century

The grand instrumental presentation can only do so much to cover up the shortcomings in Harbour Century's writing and performances.

glass beach - plastic death

Though a lot more ambitious than The First Glass Beach Album, plastic death doesn't see progress on all fronts.

HMLTD - The Worm

The songwriting and performances on The Worm are kind of an iffy foundation for HMLTD's conceptual and stylistic ambitions.

Gospel - The Loser

It's rare that a comeback rocks this hard.

Richard Dawson & Circle - Henki

An unexpected dream team.

Darkside - Spiral

Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington break their hiatus with a sound that's a bit more rockin'.

Elder - Omens

Elder goes full prog with mixed results on Omens.

Tool - Fear Inoculum

Tool's comeback album Fear Inoculum is insufficient not only by the immaculate standards of the band's past work, but by the standards of rock and metal music at large.