Sam Ryder, “There’s Nothing But Space, Man!” U.K. singer Sam Ryder may not be a newcomer, but the powerhouse vocalist’s debut solo effort is a long time in the making. Ryder fronted a handful of bands, opened a juice bar, busked on the street and played at weddings. There’s…

Mount Westmore, “Snoop Cube 40 $hort.” What happens when four of California’s most legendary MCs come together to form a hip-hop supergroup for the ages? You get Mount Westmore, featuring Angelonos Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg and the Bay Area’s own Too $hort and E-40. Snoop Cube 40 $hort is the…

NOFX, “Double Album.” Fat Mike and NOFX were holding out on us with their previous release. Double Album NOFX Fat Wreck Chords, Dec. 2 8/10 Turns out, there were more songs recorded for 2021’s Single Album that the band didn’t feel made the cut, but now we can all enjoy them…

Neil Young, “Harvest (50th Anniversary Edition).” Harvest, released in 1972, was the fourth solo album from Neil Young after the dissolution of Buffalo Springfield, with whom he made his name as the idiosyncratic guitar-playing genius. And though his solo career largely veered farther into non-commercial, even experimental territory from there,…

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “Live at the Fillmore 1997.” It’s 1997 and you’re inside The Fillmore theater in San Francisco. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are onstage—at the peak of their prowess. Petty tells the audience, “We’re live on the internet tonight; whatever that is.” You’re seeing one…

BROCKHAMPTON, “TM.” Never have I experienced such whiplash. TM BROCKHAMPTON RCA, Nov. 18 7/10 Hip-hop boy-band BROCKHAMPTON released its swan song, The Family, on Thursday. Then less than a day later, followed it up with a new final album. TM, the group’s eighth and—presumably, this time for real—last LP.…

Brockhampton, “The Family.” N.W.A., The Fugees and Gang Starr often get brought up in conversations about breakups of hip-hop groups. Add BROCKHAMPTON to that list. The Family is the highly anticipated final release from this acclaimed group fondly known as “hip-hop’s first boy-band.” The Family BROCKHAMPTON RCA, Nov. 17 7/10 Much like…

Neil Young with Crazy Horse, “World Record.” Neil Young isn’t looking to set any world records on his new album. Instead, this new collection of songs feels like a cross between a time capsule—or world record—of how we got ourselves into this big climate change mess, and a set…

Weyes Blood, “In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow.” Natalie Mering is in a lane all in her own. No one else is turning out the kind of transcendent chamber pop that Mering does, recording as Weyes Blood. Her high, pure voice calls to mind ’70s icons like Joni Mitchell, Karen Carpenter…

Nickelback, “Get Rollin’.” Nearly three decades later and 10 albums in, you know the sound of Nickelback. The Canadian rockers’ mix of fist-pumping drinking anthems and riff-heavy love songs has been a staple of mainstream rock. The band has even outlasted the scorn from the peanut gallery, taking it…