Spectrum Culture

• Lauren Mayberry: Vicious Creatures | Spectrum Culture | Dec. 9, 2024, 6:03 a.m.
On an album level, Vicious Creatures gets keyed into nostalgia to an overly large extent, trying to describe a whole era rather than one’s place in it.

• U2: How to Dismantle/Re-assemble An Atomic Bomb | Spectrum Culture | Dec. 5, 2024, 6:05 a.m.
In terms of overall sound, this is the no-frills rock album that U2 wanted to make, or it’s about as close as a band like U2 could get to making something like that.

• Kim Deal: Nobody Loves You More | Spectrum Culture | Nov. 27, 2024, 6:09 a.m.
Kim Deal’s first solo record is a pleasant and likeable album with hidden depths, channeling deep, powerful and often ambivalent emotions into a set of surprisingly mild and melodic pop songs.

• Michael Kiwanuka: Small Changes | Spectrum Culture | Nov. 15, 2024, 6:04 a.m.
Michael Kiwanuka has always been most comfortable in the reflective quiet that sits beneath even his rowdiest cuts. Small Changes finally sees him lead with it.

• Father John Misty: Mahashmashana | Spectrum Culture | Nov. 22, 2024, 6:07 a.m.
With a lyrically dense and sonically diverse assortment of songs, Father John Misty’s sixth album is brilliant and moving — a record that can be interpreted in various ways that all relate to the human condition.