“Hold On” by Wilson Phillips (1990) The last remnant of ’80s pop music, “Hold On” not only topped the charts in 1990, but it was Continue Reading
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'A Peculiar Indifference' Takes on Violence in Black America
“[There have been] few other cases in the history of civilized peoples where human suffering has been viewed with such peculiar indifference.” – W.E.B. Du Continue Reading
Brother. Explores Addiction And Shares Video For “Honey”
Following last year’s stellar video for ‘Don’t Worry’ and follow up ‘Oxidate’, Brother. returns with Honey. With a mix of psychedelic and punk influences, the quartet captures Continue Reading
Every Song on the Phoenix Foundation's 'Friend Ship' Is a Stand-Out
2020 needed an album like Friend Ship. Part of an emerging wave of artwork informed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the seventh album from Kiwi sextet, Continue Reading
Sixteen Years Later Wayne Payne Follows Up His Debut
The first sound you hear on Waylon Payne’s new album, Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me, is a young boy enthusiastically Continue Reading
Laura Veirs Talks to Herself on 'My Echo'
Laura Veirs’ My Echo sounds like it was written and recorded during the recent pandemic because of its claustrophobic themes of confinement and disintegration. But Continue Reading
Flowers for Hermes: An Interview with Performing Activist André De Shields
“Mr. De Shields is a tireless performer. His stylized, rhythmic patter keeps the momentum of the performance building, and his singing, in a voice that Continue Reading
Lydia Loveless Creates Her Most Personal Album with 'Daughter'
Lydia Loveless doesn’t wilt. The past few years have been at least as fun for her as they have been for the rest of us, Continue Reading
Kevin Morby Gets Back to Basics on 'Sundowner'
A few years ago, Kevin Morby bought a house. It didn’t come out of nowhere. Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox had handed down some wisdom he’d received Continue Reading
Jillian Lake Shifts Into Synth-Pop on “Walk All Over You”
Following this years ‘Oliver‘ and ‘Bleed Baby Bleed‘, Vancouver’s Jillian Lake shifts from autumnal folk to synth-pop with a sardonic bite on Walk All Over Continue Reading
Dustin Laurenzi's Natural Language Digs Deep Into the Jazz Quartet Format with 'A Time and a Place'
Dustin Laurenzi is a busy man with a list of musical projects that would make the average artist cower in intimidation. But unlike many overachievers Continue Reading
The Top 10 Definitive Breakup Albums
10. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak (2008) We should have known better than to underestimate Kanye West. After a multi-platinum trilogy of albums, 808s & Heartbreak Continue Reading
Patrick Cowley Remade Funk and Disco on 'Some Funkettes'
Buffalo, New York native Patrick Cowley is best known as a pioneering electronic dance music creator from the 1970s and early 1980s who used synthesizers Continue Reading
Bill Murray and Rashida Jones Add Another Shot to 'On the Rocks'
The emotional restlessness and partnership-paranoia brought on by the doldrums of stay-at-home parenting fuel the polished, subtly poignant On the Rocks (Apple TV). It’s the Continue Reading
British Jazz and Soul Artists Interpret the Classics on 'Blue Note Re:imagined'
Blue Note was one of the most important American jazz labels of the 1960s and 1970s with a roster of stellar talents including Horace Silver, Continue Reading
The 13 Greatest Horror Directors of All Time
13. James Wan In a close race with fellow horror geek Guillermo Del Toro, Wan wins out, if only because he’s made three amazing examples Continue Reading
While the Sun Shines: An Interview with Composer Joe Wong
Joe Wong had arrived at what felt like a crossroads. He’d been making music, both as a touring drummer and as a film and television Continue Reading
Helena Deland Suggests Imagination Is More Rewarding Than Reality on 'Something New'
Canadian singer-songwriter Helena Deland titled her first full-length release Someone New, and I daresay this will be true for most listeners. Deland’s smaller projects had Continue Reading
CF Watkins Embraces a Cool, Sophisticated Twang on 'Babygirl'
“I’m not gonna beg / Won’t beg for you anymore.” Those are the opening lines on “The Tell”, the first song on CF Watkins’ new Continue Reading
Floodlights' 'From a View' Is Classicist Antipodal Indie Guitar Pop
Floodlights are a fresh-faced, coed group from Melbourne, Australia who make music that sounds exactly like one might expect from a fresh-faced, coed Australian indie Continue Reading