The Decemberists Draw From All Their Past Eras on Ninth LP Miller Campbell wants to make it perfectly clear that “All Night” is not about you. More from Spin: In Boston, Lana Del Rey Channels […]
Crypt Sermon’s Epic Metal Is Even More Dazzling on ‘The Stygian Rose’
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John Grant’s ‘The Art of the Lie’: Impressive as Confessional, Stolid as Music
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Craig Wedren Drifts Into Fascinating Weirdness With Flesh Car
The Ghost Club on Taking an Ego-Free Approach to Music Flesh Car – Flesh Car(Tough Lover) Like many artists perhaps best known for their 1980s and ‘90s work, Craig Wedren, the voice behind the spectacularly […]
Bat For Lashes Mines Motherhood for Inspiration on ‘The Dream of Delphi’
The Ghost Club on Taking an Ego-Free Approach to Music Bat for Lashes – The Dream of DelphiMercury KX “Motherhood I thought would take me away from my art, but it opened up this massive […]
Ariadne Randall’s Drones and Dreams
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Kaytranada Gets Back in the Groove on ‘Timeless’
Here’s How Nile Rodgers ‘Chic-ed’ Up Alfie Templeman’s New Single “Just a Dance” Kaytranada – Timeless (RCA) Kaytranada’s third album, Timeless, picks up as if the pandemic never happened, as if the idea of a Pride […]
Angélica Garcia’s ‘Gemelo’ Is a Spiritual Thriller in Song
David Lynch, Chrystabell Conjure ‘Cellophane Memories’ Angélica Garcia – GemeloPartisan Records By early 2020, following a coveted endorsement from Barack Obama, Angélica Garcia rolled out her eclectic second album, Cha Cha Palace, to much critical […]
Arooj Aftab Blends Sweetness With Beguiling Mystery on ‘Night Reign’
Shellac’s ‘To All Trains’ Is a Rousing Requiem for Steve Albini Arooj Aftab – Night ReignVerve Records The South Asian raat ki rani flower blooms on the hottest nights of summer. The tiny white petals […]
Shellac’s ‘To All Trains’ Is a Rousing Requiem for Steve Albini
Band Jury: Nailah Hunter Defends Bjork’s ‘Utopia’ “What if hell is silence?” was the first note I jotted down for this review, upon ending my second playthrough of Shellac’s sixth and final studio album—11 days […]
La Luz: Surfy Harmonies as High Art
Every Beach Boys Album, Ranked La Luz – News of the UniverseSub Pop It’s tempting to argue that La Luz matured in classic psychedelic-pop fashion. You know the trajectory: Young band emerges with fun, sunshiney […]
DIIV Go Deeper on ‘Frog in Boiling Water’
Peter Gabriel on Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi: ‘This is Barbaric and Must Stop’ DIIV – Frog in Boiling WaterFantasy DIIV are not the same band they were a decade ago. Their 2012 debut, Oshin, was […]