# review album (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover review album. Page: Feed: --- ## [fata morgana](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lrain-fata-morgana/) _2026-08-14 · Stephen Kearse · Best New Albums_ The experimental Brooklyn project returns with a serene and spectral new album, using an ever-shifting musical backdrop to explore themes of illusion and doubt. ## [Lost Weekend](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/phoebe-bridgers-lost-weekend/) _2026-08-13 · Sam Sodomsky · Best New Albums_ For her third solo album, Phoebe Bridgers expands and contracts, capturing experiences that are strange, solitary, and hers alone. It is the quietest, most cohesive record in her discography. ## [Somewhere Over the Rainbow](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/nino-paid-somewhere-over-the-rainbow/) _2026-08-12 · Alphonse Pierre · Best New Albums_ There are many rappers out there who dig deep into their lives for heavy stories of pain and sorrow. The DMV rapper does this too, but he elevates the art form to a whole new level. ## [12 Golden Country Greats (Deluxe Edition)](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ween-12-golden-country-greats-deluxe-edition/) _2026-08-01 · Stephen Thomas Erlewine · Best New Reissues_ Time has been good to Dean and Gene’s kidding-not-kidding country pivot, recorded with seasoned Nashville pros, and this triple-disc reissue helps contextualize its joy and incongruity. ## [Uuuuuuuu](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/picture-uuuuuuuu/) _2026-07-27 · H.D. Angel · Best New Albums_ Natal Zaks brings dub techno to a higher level on an energetic and atmospheric 2x12", another pin in the lapel of the new and outstanding Short Span label. ## [Music, Fashion, Film](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/charli-xcx-music-fashion-film/) _2026-07-24 · Anna Gaca · Best New Albums_ On the follow-up to BRAT, the pop auteur pivots to a referential, proudly tossed-off rock sound that offers mystifying glances behind the curtain of stardom. ## [Complete B Sides: 1988-97 (Remaster)](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/pixies-complete-b-sides-1988-97-remaster/) _2026-07-11 · Ben Cardew · Best New Reissues_ Originally released in 2001 and newly remastered, the collection of B-sides testifies to the alt-rock icons’ trademark eccentricity while cranking up the deviance. ## [My Skyscraper](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/nirosta-steel-my-skyscraper/) _2026-07-09 · Harry Tafoya · Best New Albums_ The longtime Arthur Russell collaborator finally gets a solo exhibition: a gorgeously realized and fundamentally incomplete work of sensual art-folk, leftfield disco, and experimental synth-pop. It’s at once an archival triumph and one of the year’s most thrilling new releases. ## [Spontaneous Music Live](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sml-spontaneous-music-live/) _2026-06-30 · Sam Goldner · Best New Albums_ The L.A. improv quintet made its first two LPs by remixing key moments from its gigs; now, on a pair of astonishing unedited live takes, the group proves that performance is the heart of its music. ## [Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/charanjit-singh-synthesizing-ten-ragas-to-a-disco-beat/) _2026-06-27 · Vrinda Jagota · Best New Reissues_ A new reissue revisits the Mumbai composer’s 1982 album of Roland TB-303 and Indian raga, which uncannily anticipated the sound of Chicago acid house by five years. ## [Pirate.io on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zUGpWemBC5Rv) _2026-06-27 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Pirate.io listing on Google Play to view the app’s details. ## [Miles ’56: The Prestige Recordings](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/miles-davis-miles-56-the-prestige-recordings/) _2026-06-19 · Natalie Weiner · Best New Reissues_ A new box set, assembled for Davis’ centennial, collects a casually superlative set of recordings from the icon and his all-star quintet that seems to distill jazz’s past and peer into its future. ## [you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/olivia-rodrigo-you-seem-pretty-sad-for-a-girl-so-in-love/) _2026-06-12 · Molly Mary O’Brien · Best New Albums_ The pop star’s third album is a heartbreaking account of an intense romance and its demise. Its mood is perfectly reflected in the music, and her evolution as a songwriter is a sight to behold. ## [EXIT 2B](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/b0yg1rl-novagang-exit-2b/) _2026-06-09 · Olivier Lafontant · Best New Albums_ The Miami duo’s electrifying, boundary-bending combination of Haitian kompa, underground rap, reggaeton, electro-pop, and baile funk is loud as hell and rich in egalitarian spirit. ## [Inferno](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/boards-of-canada-inferno/) _2026-05-29 · Philip Sherburne · Best New Albums_ Laced with occult imagery and enigmatic samples, the Scottish duo’s immersive new album—their first in 13 years—offers some of the most captivating music of their career. ## [Images of Life](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ted-lucas-images-of-life/) _2026-05-23 · Grayson Haver Currin · Best New Reissues_ In 1975, the Detroit singer self-released a perfect document of private-press folk. A rich new box set finally reveals more of his story in psychedelic sound. ## [Super Mario Galaxy / Super Mario Galaxy 2](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mahito-yokota-koji-kondo-super-mario-galaxy-super-mario-galaxy-2/) _2026-05-09 · Billie Bugara · Best New Reissues_ Fusing whimsical electronics and a full symphony orchestra, the Galaxy soundtracks channeled the wide-screen ambition of Hollywood scores, marking a new era for game music. ## [African Skies](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/kelan-phil-cohran-and-legacy-african-skies/) _2026-02-03 · Mark Richardson · Best New Reissues_ Long a collectors’ holy grail, this searching, atmospheric soundtrack recorded for Chicago’s Adler Planetarium in 1993 mixes spiritual jazz with avant-garde pan-Africanism. ## [Completely Necessary](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-necessaries-completely-necessary/) _2026-01-31 · Linnie Greene · Best New Reissues_ Arthur Russell and Ernie Brooks’ late-’70s rock group has been rendered a historical footnote, but a new anthology captures the nervy brilliance of its guitar-driven new wave. ## [The Return of the Durutti Column (Expanded & Remastered)](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-durutti-column-the-return-of-the-durutti-column-expanded-and-remastered/) _2026-01-24 · Brad Shoup · Best New Reissues_ Reissued with demos, live performances, and early recordings, the full-length debut by the mercurial Factory project is as beautiful as it is cerebral, a work of radical non-provocation. ## [Let It Be (Deluxe Edition)](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-replacements-let-it-be-deluxe-edition/) _2025-11-21 · Mitch Therieau · Best New Reissues_ Packaged with live recordings and studio rarities, the Mats’ 1984 masterpiece gets a thoughtful new box set that illustrates the precarity and magic of their unlikely breakthrough. ## [Zero-Persistence E2EE (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QF0kV0B515KV) _2025-11-21 · **Sponsored**_ End-to-end encryption with client-side WebCrypto and volatile memory. ## [The Age of Media Stability](https://hen.ee/the-age-of-media-stability/) _2025-05-23 · Henri Aunin · hen.ee_ Why I think traditional media will ultimately triumph over social media's public square ambition.