album reviews
Appreciating the Ordinary with Land of Talk
Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin) talks Indistinct Conversations.
What Awaits Us at the End of Protomartyr’s Cruel Summer?
Loren DiBlasi (Patio) talks the Detroit post-punk band’s prophetic Ultimate Success Today.
Some Suggestions Re: Jeff Rosenstock’s NODREAM
Chris Farren— I mean, Pink Lipman, VP of Marketing Development, has some notes on how to better sell the album.
With Pure X, Feeling Is Everything
Jacob Faber (Sunflower Bean) talks the Austin band’s first album in six years.
Hockets for Two Voices Is an Audio Illusion
Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) fell under the spell of Meara O’Reilly’s latest album.
On Auto-Pain, Deeper Feels Everything
Loren DiBlasi (Patio) talks the Chicago post-punk band’s “cathartic” new album.
Ellen Kempner Is Kicking Herself for Not Listening to Destroyer Sooner
The Palehound frontwoman talks Dan Bejar’s “devastating” Have We Met.
Sarah Tudzin (illuminati hotties) Reads Great Grandpa’s Tarot
The frontwoman looks to the past, present, and future in Four of Arrows.
Matt Valentine’s New Record is an LP-Length Contact High
James Toth (Wooden Wand) on Valentine’s “most cohesive and fully realized work to date,” Preserves.
Chet Baker and His Art Were on Two Different Planets
Morgan Enos (Other Houses) on how Chet Baker’s heavenly music masked a hellish life on The Legendary Riverside Albums.
Garcia Peoples’ One Step Behind Is Clear-Eyed and Ambitious
Chris Forsyth on how the Brooklyn band successfully does “whatever the fuck they want” on their new album.
