Wild Moccasins: Look Together | Breaking Up Sucks, but the Music is Great
when I heard that the new release from Wild Moccasins, Look Together was rooted in the breakup between its two principal members I was worried.
Album Reviews
YOB: At Our Raw(est) Heart
Interview with YOB bass player, Aaron Reiseberg on the making of YOB's new album Our Raw Heart and a review of this amazing album.
GAS: Rausch | Music Discovery as a Force for Good
GAS' new album, Rausch is a master class in projecting measured nuance with the capacity to amaze if you peek beneath the surface.
Nas: Nasir | A Musical Crime Perpetrated by A Once Great Artist
On “Adam and Eve,” Nas says, “I’m good at existing,” and that’s exactly what he’s doing with this batch of Kanye produced songs known as Nasir. Just existing.
Welcome to Miami Beach | Neil Young – Roxy: Tonight’s the Night Live
Neil Young's new live album Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live shows Young at a dark period of his life and how he turned personal tragedy into art.
Neko Case: Hell-On | HELL YEAH FEMINIST MUSIC
Hell-On is, as are any of Neko Case’s previous releases, practically entirely stylistically different from its predecessors.
Courtney Barnett: Tell Me How You Really Feel | Reflections on Art, Artistry, and Growth
I don’t want Courtney Barnett to sit still - not for my sake or my daughter’s, even if that means she won’t be able to truly appreciate how good Tell Me How You Really Feel is for several years.
Pusha-T: Daytona | Brief, Impressive, Yet Partially Flawed
For all the good things that Pusha T's Daytona has going for it, even with its short length, it is not a perfect record. However, With each subsequent listen, I find more things to appreciate about Daytona, so in the end, maybe this, for right now, is what we needed.
Jenny Hval: The Long Sleep | Every Small Part as Moving and Beautiful as its Whole
I literally fucking cried listening to the first song on Jenny Hval's new ep, The Long Sleep song... it’s beautiful.Thank you for creating and sharing this exquisite work, Jenny Hval. I love it.
Manic Street Preachers: Futile Resistance | Is Resistance Futile?
Resistance is Futile is a beautiful, regretful album that would sound brilliant if you had not heard of the Manic Street Preachers beforehand. I hope they don’t end this way.