The music is almost simple, mostly acoustic with thick blues stuffed in every wrinkle. Dylan doesn’t sing. It’s poetic delivery that plants every sentence firmly in the ground.
Read moreNeil Young Resurrects Long-Lost ‘Homegrown’ From the Vaults and It’s Well Worth the Wait | Album Review
‘Homegrown’ was recorded during the same two years as ‘On The Beach’ (1974) and ‘Tonight’s The Night’ (1975), and sonically, the three records are sisters. But each tells its own story.
Read moreCar Seat Headrest Embrace Transition and Push Boundaries on ‘Making A Door Less Open’ | Album Review
What’s happening on Car Seat Headrest’s new record is Will Toledo’s instincts to shift gears away from the safe-bet patterns of his previous records.
Read moreMan Man Invite Us Deep Into Their Weird, Wonderful World on ‘Dream Hunting In The Valley Of The In-Between’ | Album Review
The band’s sixth studio affair thrusts their signature uncanny instincts of heavy horns and xylophone choruses out into the cosmos.
Read moreFiona Apple’s ‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’ Is a Vital, Visceral Call to Action for All of Us | Album Review
Apple’s fifth studio affair possesses so many moving parts, shifts, changes, and barely any bridges. The songs are surprising and engaging, just like the act of acceptance itself.
Read moreCaroline Rose Navigates the Spiraling Path to Stardom with Ambitiously Conceived ‘Superstar’ | Album Review
Performing the majority of the album herself, and producing it in its entirety, Rose’s hooks dig deeper than they did on its predecessor, 2018’s ‘LONER.’
Read more‘Circles’ Embodies the Late Mac Miller’s Passion For Pushing His Artistic Vision Forward | Album Review
Not quite a straightforward hip-hop record but not quite an R&B album, Miller’s posthumous ‘Circles’ encompasses a mix of his own musical interests and what they could’ve morphed into.
Read moreWilco Explore How to Fight Disillusionment on ‘Ode To Joy,’ Their First Protest Record | Album Review
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With their new, eleventh record ‘Ode To Joy,’ the band enters a new genre. Wilco has made a protest record.
Read moreThe Raconteurs Fail to Recapture Their Magic with Listless, Uneven ‘Help Us Stranger’ | Album Review
The album’s singles are great, but the remaining tracks sound a lot like afterthoughts thrown together, making for an ultimately disappointing listen overall.
Read moreMac DeMarco Tips His Hat to the Tried-and-True on Reflective ‘Here Comes the Cowboy’ | Album Review
‘Here Comes the Cowboy’ reinforces the slow, hazy quality to DeMarco’s music, as if it lives in a puff of smoke, cigarette or otherwise, and it always seems to be winking at you.
Read moreDirty Projectors Reaffirm Their Shapeshifting Ways with ‘Lamp Lit Prose’ | Album Review
Dirty Projectors’ eighth studio album is a short ten-track LP reassuring the band’s devotees that David Longstreth and his musical companions can still hit their marks.
Read moreDeluxe Reissue of The Grateful Dead’s ‘Anthem Of The Sun’ Is a Fascinating Snapshot of the Band Pre-Fame | Album Review
‘Anthem Of The Sun’ is one of the first records to use “song cycles”—songs intended to be performed in a sequence together—and the band’s innovation with it is paramount.
Read moreFather John Misty Tussles with Heartache on Emotionally Charged ‘God’s Favorite Customer’ | Album Review
‘God’s Favorite Customer’ is less than half the length of his 2017 LP ‘Pure Comedy’ but the details are still there, Tillman’s verbose nature still intact.
Read moreJack White Reaches…and Misses on Clunky ‘Boarding House Reach’ | Album Review
White switches things up like never before on his third studio album, but the experimentation and its far reach are bizarre and polarizing.
Read moreALBUM REVIEW: Titus Andronicus Demand (and Command) Our Attention on ‘A Productive Cough’
The band’s fifth studio affair is like a throat clearing before you make a big, bold statement, a statement that gets the attention of a room.
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