Sinister Grift is Panda Bear's much-needed reminder of the textured, emotionally rich, and transportive work that only humans ...

By stripping away the experimentation, Sinister Grift is a reminder of something that’s always set Lennox apart: He’s an exceptionally gifted songwriter. Nearly every track on Sinister Grift feels ...

There’s very little sinister about Sinister Grift, at least, not in the album’s warm and glimmering instrumentation. And that unsteady ground—of appearances versus what’s under the hood—only adds to ...

Tears of Injustice’ by Mdou Moctar. I f Mdou Moctar’s 2024 album, Funeral for Justice, was “the electric sound of furious ...

Panda Bear 's 2007 masterpiece Person Pitch is on my desert island list of all-time favourite albums, and while I doubt Sinister Grift will ever occupy the same echelon, it's another compelling ...

Two weeks after its release, Sinister Grift has imprinted itself as one of the tighest, most illuminating, and intentionally crafted records in Panda Bear’s discography – and arguably the entire ...

If you are at all familiar with 2000s indie rock or early internet music culture, you’ve likely come across — or at least ...

For most of the ’00s, Panda Bear helped define the sound of youthful, ramshackle indie rock. On Noah Lennox’s eighth album, ...

Following on from the light and summery sample-based electronics of 2022’s Reset, a collaborative album and double billing with long-time musical partner Sonic Boom, Noah Lennox releases his first ...

Sinister Grift, the eighth Panda Bear album, finds the now 46-year-old Lennox negotiating a bold new world: middle age. That little girl is now nearly an adult (and a collaborator on the album's ...

Panda Bear himself, Noah Lennox ... his voice adding sincerity and ingenuousness to tracks for everyone from Daft Punk and Jamie xx to Solange. Yet "My Girls," Animal Collective's pop breakthrough ...