The Dismemberment Plan Extend Reunion With Additional Shows Amen Dunes – Death JokesSub Pop Based on recent interviews, Damon McMahon, the primary force behind the strange, contaminated folk of Amen Dunes, seems to be in […]
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Kings of Leon Make Their No-Stakes Fuck-Around Album
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On Ten Fold, Yaya Bey Channels Grief Into Reflective, Versatile Soul
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Les Savy Fav Still Have a Few Surprises Left
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
King Gizzard Crown New Label With Jay Watson/Ambrose Kenny-Smith LP Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch (Mexican Summer) Jessica Pratt‘s albums are like recurring dreams—hypnagogic visitors that come bearing uncertainty, comfort, and wonder, though […]
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
Sunny Day Real Estate Reread Their Diary Mdou Moctar – Funeral For JusticeMatador Records Mdou Moctar’s 2021 album, Afrique Victime, marked a crucial breakthrough for the acclaimed Nigerien guitarist. His trademark fusion of Tuareg music […]
Sunny Day Real Estate Reread Their Diary
You Gotta Keep ‘Em Alienated: Our 1998 Offspring Feature Sunny Day Real Estate – Diary—Live at London Bridge Studio “Novum Vetus,” the title of the only new-to-you song on Diary—Live at London Bridge Studio, roughly […]
Iron & Wine Find Hope in Despair in Hope in Despair
Watch Calexico and Iron & Wine’s Tiny Desk Concert Iron & Wine – Light VerseSub Pop It would be taking things too far to categorize Light Verse as a “post-pandemic” album. Yet its emergent themes […]
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 […]