Music Dose

It was only last month when Renwick was exploring growth on the little bopper ‘Quiet Voices’. Now to cap off the year, he slows it Continue Reading

Lo Talker is a new indie-rock band led by Andrew Shepard formerly of Roadkill Ghost Choir. He’s joined his brother Zach (bass), who also played Continue Reading

Dreams on Tape is a new experimental bedroom-pop project from Tampa-based Jake Benfant. Following his debut single, ‘Wide Awake’, he conjures that feeling you get Continue Reading

Genre-bending Toronto-based Jaz Valentino is set to release his debut album ‘Valentino Vision’ in February 2021, after a year that’s seen several singles. His latest Continue Reading

In 2019 I was targeted by Facebook ads; the algorithm knows I’m a sucker for a Netflix romantic comedy promo. I watched the trailers for Continue Reading

Gracie Abrams Precocious, LA-based singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams came to the fore in 2020 with the shimmering, delicate heartbreak of her debut EP, Minor. It’s a Continue Reading

15. Dan Deacon – Mystic Familiar [Domino] Mystic Familiar, Dan Deacon’s latest record, fits right in with the composer’s catalog of shimmering, welcoming electropop. The Continue Reading

Electronic duo Jacana People have only been together for less than a year but have already pulled in millions of streams including support from Anjunadeep, Continue Reading

20. Iggy Pop and the Stooges – You Think You’re Bad Man: The Road Tapes ’73 – ’74 [Cherry Red] In 1969, the Stooges were a truth Continue Reading

When Blinker the Star released their third album August Everywhere in 1999, the moment was ripe for project founder and mastermind Jordon Zadorozny to stake Continue Reading

It’s not much discussed today, but the 1980s was a lesser golden age for American romantic comedies. There’s a strong case to be made that Continue Reading

Gabriel Bump’s Everywhere You Don’t Belong, a sharply-observed work of fiction, signals the arrival of a new literary talent with the ability to paint a Continue Reading

In his new novel, One Simple Thing, Warren Read follows Anne Lamott’s precept in Bird by Bird, the renowned guide to writing (and life): a Continue Reading

“A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead,” Continue Reading

20. Monophonics – It’s Only Us [Colemine] The Bay Area’s indelible psychedelic soul, live-show phenomenon, Monophonics have just released their third full-length, It’s Only Us. Continue Reading

In the waning days of the Grinch-y year of 2020, we’re all hunkering down and barely holding up. Holiday rituals that once brought comfort and Continue Reading

Marion Lafournier is a listless accountant who is ambivalent about his relationship to his North Minnesotan hometown, and for good reason. Defined by addiction, gang Continue Reading

Toronto-based producer, DJ, and graphic designer Makzo just released his debut EP, ‘Anecdotes’. Blending downtempo with electronic and orchestral elements, its warm ambiance shifts into Continue Reading

10. Julianna Barwick — Healing is a Miracle [Ninja Tune] Julianna Barwick’s new album of ambient vocal-loop devotionals is her shortest and catchiest, as well as one Continue Reading