Music Dose

Following several vibrant psych-rock releases this year like “Cool To Be Unhappy” and “I’m A Loser”, Elephant Castle (​Phil Danyew) returns with Euphoria. Slow steady Continue Reading

Alright Alright is a husband-and-wife duo comprised of Seth and China Kent. Based out of Denver, the couple’s latest album, Crucible (out 23 October), is Continue Reading

Multidisciplinary artist Devi Mambouka’s musical incarnation, Masma Dream World’s debut album, Play at Night, releases on 25 September via Northern Spy. Influenced by the likes Continue Reading

During a recent session at the Thriving Roots AmericanaFest event, the multi-Grammy award-winning producer John Leventhal and singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz discussed the problem of “demoitis”. Continue Reading

A global pandemic, populist authoritarianism, fake news, police brutality, terrorism, widespread socio-political discontent. There’s been a good reason to feel a certain existential dread over Continue Reading

The Italo Berliners calling themselves RADIOGASMO have the goal to “reform the system through art,” and their new release, “Joker,” will surely convince you that Continue Reading

“Someday Miss You” is taken from Winter Clothes, the latest release from New York City-based singer-songwriter Brian Cullman. Tracked with a core band featuring Ollabelle’s Continue Reading

One of the great things about popular music is that it’s layered. You can peel away the glamorous reverbs and studio trickery, the Auto-Tune, and Continue Reading

There are glimpses of many unique and illuminating human stories in Gianfranco Rosi’s Notturno. But this elegantly lensed yet emotionally frigid documentary (screening at the Continue Reading

It’s no exaggeration to say that Napalm Death are one of the most important acts in popular music history. In fact, it’s an understatement, because Continue Reading

IDLES don’t care what you think. Or at least they don’t care what you think about them. Or they care enough to make sure you Continue Reading

Des Moines, Iowa, has long been best known to Midwesterners for its luxurious truck stops and proliferation of corporate restaurants, which line the fertile interstate Continue Reading

Jersey-born, New York-raised, and Nashville-based, the Grahams subvert genre expectations on their upcoming album, Kids Like Us. Released last March, Kids Like Us is equal Continue Reading

17th century England: King James II (Sam De Grasse) enjoys being entertained by his court jester, Barkilphedro (Brandon Hurst), who is a cruel and Machiavellian Continue Reading

Like Prop Joe in his last moments, I found myself at a loss for words as the static shot of the Baltimore city skyline faded Continue Reading

Berlin’s Wolf & Moon are an indie-folk duo with a dream-pop streak. They call their sound “dream folk”, which is pretty dead on the mark. Continue Reading

Emerging with a clatter at the beginning of the internet age and peddling millennial paranoia through a confoundingly labyrinthine cyber-noir narrative, David Bowie’s 1995 album Continue Reading

17th century England: King James II (Sam De Grasse) enjoys being entertained by his court jester, Barkilphedro (Brandon Hurst), who is a cruel and Machiavellian Continue Reading

Wolf Parade’s debut album, Apologies to the Queen Mary, is an indie rock classic. It is a testament to how creative, vital, and exciting the Continue Reading

The first beats of “Ngavele Ngagaxela” are crisp and bare; the vocals atop them nimble and bold. Such straightforward musical bones are the foundation of Continue Reading