Sometime in the last decade, young singer-songwriters understood that specificity is the key. It’s the details that draw a listener in, that make the personal …
Arlo Parks: My Soft Machine Album Review
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M. Sage: Paradise Crick Album Review
The hills of the Front Range cast long shadows over the music of M. Sage. Raised in Fort Collins, Colorado, an unassuming midsize town tucked …
Jay Worthy / Roc Marciano: Nothing Bigger Than the Program Album Review
Over the past decade, Jay Worthy has become one of the most trusted members of the West Coast underground. The Compton-by-way-of-Vancouver emcee is one half …
Sparks: The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte Album Review
Most underdog rock documentaries paint a sad portrait of forgotten geniuses who have been cruelly denied their due. 2021 love letter from director Edgar Wright …
Gia Margaret: Romantic Piano Album Review
It’s a bold move to put a single song with vocals and lyrics in the middle of an instrumental album. There’s no avoiding the meaning …
Water From Your Eyes: Everyone’s Crushed Album Review
Nowhere is his fatalism more evident than on the sour post-punk closing “Buy My Product,” a mocking corporate ditty about the endless production of insecurity …
Sheryl Crow: Sheryl Crow Album Review
Q: Do you have anything to declare?TO: I’m sick of being a woman. That is what I want to declare. A track that didn’t make …
Fridge: Happiness (Anniversary Edition) Album Review
Long before Four Tet ascended to the top of this year’s Coachella lineup, Kieran Hebden was still best known for his high school band: a …
Galen Tipton: brain scratch Album Review
Listening to Galen Tipton can be like watching a mad scientist in action. Across a number of different projects, the Ohio producer has thrown ideas …
Satsuki Shibano: Wave Notation 3: Erik Satie 1984 Album Review
Erik Satie casts a long shadow. The eccentric French composer’s distinctive approach to melody and harmony has traveled decades downstream from its starting point in …