Augusta Palmer Made Us a ‘Moving-Image Mixtape’ of Memphis Country Blues Fire-Toolz – Breeze Self-Released Fire-Toolz opens Breeze in supplication. “Please,” she sings, “I’m not ready to die!” With the record that follows, the experimental artist […]
Dirty Three Choose Ambience Over Fury on ‘Love Changes Everything’
Zach Bryan’s New Album Features Bruce Springsteen, John Mayer Dirty Three – Love Changes EverythingDrag City It is impossible for the members of Dirty Three to remain untouched by their various pursuits of the past […]
Redd Kross, in Year 45, Lay Claim to the Power-Pop Throne
Marty Willson-Piper’s 65,000 Vinyl Treasure Cave Used To Be a Funeral Home Redd Kross – Redd KrossIn the Red What Redd Kross have brought to the punk rock zeitgeist is immeasurable and uncompromising. Literal brothers […]
SML: The Sound of Citation
Marty Willson-Piper’s 65,000 Vinyl Treasure Cave Used To Be a Funeral Home SML – Small Medium LargeInternational AnthemAmong the more fascinating strains of early fusion’s legacy is its role as a forebear of contemporary electronic […]
MONO’s Post-Rock Remains Dynamic—Yet Overly Familiar
The Folk Implosion’s ‘Walk Thru Me’: Apparently It’s 1998 Somewhere MONO – OathTemporary Residence Ltd. “Consistent” is an apt descriptor for the Japanese post-rock outfit MONO, from the frequency of their output to the band’s […]
The Folk Implosion’s ‘Walk Thru Me’: Apparently It’s 1998 Somewhere
Tom Morello Kicks Out the Jams The Folk Implosion – Walk Thru MeJoyful Noise Even by the standards of the post-Nirvana alt-rock boom, the Folk Implosion’s career arc was incredibly weird. Even stranger, Walk Thru […]
SPIN SETS Presents: Malóne
SPIN SETS Presents: Azzecca Born in Cuba and raised in Miami, DJ/producer Malóne has made it a mission to lift up artists who represent his Latin American roots by bringing them into his WHYNOTUS label […]
Tems Shows Her Dexterity on ‘Born in the Wild’
Neil Young, Crazy Horse Taking ‘Big Unplanned Break’ From Tour Due To Illness Ever since her first single, 2018’s “Mr. Rebel,” Tems’ music has been fluid and free of solid form, harmoniously splicing Afrobeats, amapiano, […]
WHO IS…Alexander Howard
Post Malone Reveals ‘F-1 Trillion’ Tour Dates Rising singer/songwriter Alexander Howard‘s career is rooted in fashion. Growing up in New York City, he worked at several corporate menswear companies and even did some freelance writing in […]
John Cale Behind the Curtain
Post Malone Reveals ‘F-1 Trillion’ Tour Dates John Cale – POPtical Illusion Domino/Double Six You never know what to expect from a new John Cale record, whether it be avant-garde experimentation, a reinterpretation of an […]
Rui Gabriel’s Wise Yet Innocent Debut, ‘Compassion’
Is 2024 the Year of Corey Feldman? Rui Gabriel – CompassionCarpark As he’s grown up, Rui Gabriel has moved further and further north. He was born in Venezuela and raised partly in Nicaragua before emigrating […]
The Decemberists Draw From All Their Past Eras on Ninth LP
New Documentary Illuminates the Heart and Soul of Disco In the six years since the Decemberists’ 2018 LP, I’ll Be Your Girl, the band’s members have been busy—and just not with the Decemberists. Keyboardist Jenny […]