ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Dan Wilson, 'Re-Covered'Sean McPherson • Aug 14, 2017For any music fan it's exciting to see how the sausage gets made, and Dan Wilson has been making some of the most powerful and successful sausage for musicians across genres for the past 15 years.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Sylvan Esso, 'What Now'Mac Wilson • Aug 7, 2017Sylvan Esso's second album is a brisk 36 minutes of music that gradually ramps up to reveal itself, providing great fun along the way.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Arcade Fire, 'Everything Now'David Safar • Jul 31, 2017For a band who are hyperconscious of their image and place in the music industry, Arcade Fire's official major-label debut is possibly their most accessible album yet.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Lana Del Rey, 'Lust For Life'David Safar • Jul 24, 2017Despite her critics' relentless efforts to discredit her as a musician and songwriter, Del Rey proves again that she controls the medium and the message of her music and creative expression.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Beth Ditto, 'Fake Sugar'Jill Riley • Jul 17, 2017Out on Virgin Records, Beth Ditto's powerful 'Fake Sugar' is the Album of the Week. 'The record not only shines on a light on her physical voice, but her lyrical voice in dealing with love, life, and where she stands as a person at this stage of creative existence,' writes Jill Riley.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Fleet Foxes, 'Crack-Up'Bill DeVille • Jul 10, 2017Fleet Foxes' long awaited, much anticipated third album is their first in six years and is their most ambitious album to date.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Benjamin Booker, 'Witness'Mary Lucia • Jul 3, 2017Benjamin Booker has a great ability to make retro appreciation sound very modern. On his second album -- filled with brightly lit, rocking blues, soul, and gospel-inspired tunes -- Booker clearly is brimming over with new ideas and thoughts about the world we occupy.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Phoenix, 'Ti Amo'Jade • Jun 26, 2017Built on a theme of an imaginary, idealized Italy, Phoenix's sixth full-length, 'Ti Amo,' is an album that creates a mood. It envelops you in a state of nostalgia and longing for a better time and place, even if it only exists in your mind.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Lorde, 'Melodrama'David Safar • Jun 19, 2017Lorde's second album is a clear statement of who she wants to be, and it showcases her distinctive mezzo-soprano range and her affinity for minimal beats informed by contemporary rap music. The outcome is alternative-pop perfected.
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: alt-J, 'Relaxer'Mac Wilson • Jun 12, 2017'Relaxer,' the third album from alt-J, is our Album of the Week. The new release 'proves to be a compelling record with plenty of intriguing rewards,' writes Mac Wilson.