Album Review

Some of my fondest memories of my nine-year-old self include me screaming and dancing along to the Jonas Brothers with my closest friends. Ten years later, I am so thrilled to be reliving those moments I cheris...

Kevin Morby’s latest album (his fifth since 2013), Oh My God (2019), presents a masterpiece “non-religious religious” concept album, that is epic in ambition as it digs for explanations of what it means ...

Fishing for Fishies (2019), King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s new album, contains enough good tracks to make it worth a listen, but is the band’s most boring album to date (no theatrics, drama, murders o...

Debut albums usually take one of two forms — a stepping stone in the development of an artist, or a creative stroke of genius that is impossible to follow up. Chicago’s debut Chicago Transit Authority is un...

FKA Twigs is finally back. Her first new single in three years since 2016’s “Good to Love,” “Cellophane” dropped yesterday morning at 11:30 am. The singer announced the single and upcoming tour dates ...

The Velvet Underground was an American rock band from New York City consisting of singer Lou Reed, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Moe Tucker. The band was notably managed by pop artist Andy Warhol for...

Opening with lo-fi sound effects broken by a snappy snare drum and crunchy, bright guitar riff, Social Cues (released April 19, 2019) begins with a weird, alt-rock jam entitled “Broken Boy” that perfectly s...

Nearly 50 years after its recording, Marvin Gaye’s follow up to his 1971 classic What’s Going On was finally released to the public on March 29, 2019.  You’re The Man is just as politically charged as i...

March 2019 sees the 40th anniversary of one of the most controversial records by the free-thinking guitar virtuoso Frank Zappa, Sheik Yerbouti (1979). The double disc, part-studio, and part-live record was the ...

Just in time for spring, Flume has released a surprise new mixtape (his first release since 2017). What perfect timing. The warmer months means the beginning of an onslaught of deep tropical house remixes by Sc...

Five years after her debut solo album Crush Songs (2014), Karen O (former frontwoman of the iconic 2000s rock band, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) is back. And this time, she’s not alone.   On March 15, the ...

Groove Denied (2019), Stephen Malkmus’s latest album released on March 15, is the veteran indie-rocker’s experimentation with electronic music, inspired by his days living in Berlin. While the album is not ...

In a machine as unrelenting as the mainstream music industry, artists often feel as though their selves are drowned out or diluted by the creative army of writers and producers that accompany them in the studio...

Already at his 19th album since his first solo release in 2007, Steve Gunn’s latest effort, The Unseen in Between (2019) marks itself as one of Gunn’s most polished albums to date, with mature songwriting a...

Five years ago, when he was just starting to make a name for himself and his band HOMESHAKE, Montreal-based artist Peter Sagar was best known as Mac Demarco’s guitarist. While Homeshake’s original sound dre...