ReviewsAlbum of the Week: The Breeders, 'All Nerve'Jade • Mar 9, 2018This is an album with a beating heart pulled out of the chest, bloody and raw and red. It breathes and tenses, rushes and slows.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Franz Ferdinand, 'Always Ascending'David Safar • Mar 2, 2018Scotland's Franz Ferdinand are back with their fifth studio album, 'Always Ascending' out on Domino Records.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Dessa, 'Chime'Andrea Swensson • Feb 23, 2018'Chime' is a huge leap forward for Dessa. It's her most musically adventurous collection to date, combining the experimental pop approach of her solo work with the more aggressive, hard-edged delivery of her verses with the rap collective Doomtree to create a playing field where both string sections and trap beats can roam freely.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Ty Segall, 'Freedom's Goblin'Mac Wilson • Feb 19, 2018Mac Wilson describes Ty Segall's latest as 'a kaleidoscopic journey through the mind of one of contemporary music's most prolific creators.' Read Mac's full review and listen to tracks from 'Freedom's Goblin,' our Album of the Week.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Brandi Carlile, 'By The Way, I ForgiJim McGuinn • Feb 12, 2018Brandi Carlile's new album 'By the Way, I Forgive You' is an emotionally powerful dive into her worldview, impacted by events of 2016, but also about becoming a parent, watching your parents get older, and dealing with love and loss and self-reflection.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Django Django, 'Marble Skies'Mark Wheat • Feb 2, 2018On 'Marble Skies', Django Django are trying to do the impossible: meld arty indie rock with dance music in a cohesive and poppy way.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Anderson East, 'Encore'Bill DeVille • Jan 26, 2018Anderson East didn't reinvent the wheel with his latest efforts on 'Encore', he just made a really good album. "This guy is the real deal," lauds Bill DeVille of the Nashvillian.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: First Aid Kit, 'Ruins'David Safar • Jan 19, 2018All 10 songs on "Ruins" stay true to the formula that Johanna and Klara first charmed listeners with - lush vocal harmonies and infectious melodies. With some added instrumentation from Peter Buck and Wilco's Glen Kotche, the album is some their finest work yet.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: tUnE-yArDs, 'I can feel you creep inJade • Jan 12, 2018If Merrill Garbus is a painter she's a surrealist like Dali, with sounds dripping, warping and in places that shouldn't fit, but somehow tell a more interesting story because of the strange juxtaposition. And if she's a baker, she's making croissants; a painstaking process of bending, folding, and layering - over and over.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Francis and the Lights, 'Just for UsMac Wilson • Jan 5, 2018'Just for Us' leans on a very minimalistic sound, giving the air of something he whipped up with some keyboards in his bedroom one afternoon. That isn't a bad thing, as all of these songs sound like a brief emotional snapshot, whose impact would perhaps have been lessened had they been subjected to a more rigorous recording process.