Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg On Let It Be‘s Long Road To Redemption Les Savy Fav – Oui, LSFFrenchkiss/The Orchard It’s been 14 years since the last album from Brooklyn art-punk pranksters Les Savy Fav —and even […]
Lone Star State of Mind
Angel White on Finding Sustainability for His Mental Health Angel White doesn’t mind when country singers dress up as cowboys, even if they’ve never set foot on a ranch or hoisted themselves up into the […]
Jessica Pratt Dreams Big on Here in the Pitch
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Oren Ambarchi’s Avant-Jazz Power Trio Returns for a Sequel
Kendrick Lamar, Drake Feud Escalates With New Diss Tracks Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin – Ghosted IIDrag City You’d be forgiven for thinking that, on the second outing of his Ghosted trio, Oren Ambarchi […]
Mdou Moctar’s Electrifying Funeral For Justice
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Sunny Day Real Estate Reread Their Diary
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Iron & Wine Find Hope in Despair in Hope in Despair
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Beyond The Sea
Beyond The Sea Maybe there’s some irony in the fact that the first time Jon Muq ever flew on an airplane, his destination was a cruise ship that would take him on a months-long journey […]
Kamasi Washington’s Epic Expectations
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Mandy, Indiana’s International Noise Conspiracy
Our Editors Pick Their Albums of the Year Mandy, Indiana don’t get around as much as they’d like. They’re a noise band out of Manchester, England, and it’s where they spend most of their days […]
Thom Yorke Keeps Exploring With Haunting Confidenza Soundtrack
The Smile Debut Paul Thomas Anderson Video, Tease More New Music Thom Yorke – Confidenza OSTXL Recordings Thom Yorke’s latest soundtrack opens with “The Big City,” an electro-symphonic slumber of synth bleeps and vocal blips. The […]
Hovvdy Spin Gold From the Yarn of Time
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: HAUSER Hovvdy – HovvdyArts & Crafts The songs from Hovvdy, Texas natives Charlie Martin and Will Taylor, lead with their heart. It doesn’t matter if it’s inconvenient or unpolished—life’s […]