Lip Critic: Theft World

Lip Critic: Theft World

The New York electro-punks’ second album is based on a wild concept that builds out a knotty, eccentric, and surprisingly sentimental world.

American Football – American Football (LP4)

Based on the circumstances after American Football’s last record, LP3, it would easy to understand why the band would need a solid seven years to reset before today’s release of LP4. The previous album came out in March of 2019, and when American Football were gearing up for a break after touring in support of the record, the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Drummer Steve Lamos quit the band in July of 2021 due to personal reasons, …

8 Albums Out Today to Listen To: American Football, Kacey Musgraves, Lip Critic, and More

In this segment, we showcase the most notable albums out each week. Here are the albums out on May 1, 2026: American Football, LP4 In the decade-plus since American Football’s reunion, Mike Kinsella has reserved some harrowing lyrical specificity for his other project Owen, aware that it’s much less subject to scrutiny. Reeling from a divorce he’s already addressed on the last couple of Owen records, however, he leans into the vulnerability on t…