album reviews
Peter Holsapple (the dB’s, Holsapple & Stamey, Continental Drifters) Talks Robin Gibb’s 50 St. Catherine’s Drive
A long-time fan of the Bee Gees grapples with the late Robin Gibb's posthumous release.
James McNew (Dump, Yo La Tengo) Talks Prince’s Plectrumelectrum and Art Official Age
All we are saying is give Prince a chance.
Linda Thompson Talks Leonard Cohen’s Popular Problems
The English folk-rock legend reflects on the new album by the Canadian singer-songwriter legend.
Regan Farquhar (Busdriver) Talks Mick Jenkins’ The Water[s]
On his new mixtape, Mick Jenkins displays a vulnerability and an urgency that put him in a class of his own.
John Colpitts (Kid Millions) (Oneida, Man Forever) Talks Robyn Hitchcock’s The Man Upstairs
On his 20th album, Robyn Hitchcock drops the whimsy for a focused meditation on death, love and loss.
Chuck Prophet (Green on Red) Talks Loudon Wainwright III’s Haven’t Got the Blues (Yet)
No need for a memoir; Loudon Wainwright III's covers everything from depression to proper canine care on his 27th album.
Harper Simon Talks the Growlers’ Chinese Fountain
The Growlers’ garage-psych might recall California hot rods and surfing, but it speaks to a disaffected contemporary counterculture.
Alexander Moskos (AIDS Wolf, Drainolith, Dan’l Boone) Talks 5 Seconds of Summer’s 5 Seconds of Summer
Don’t let 5 Seconds of Summer give you the wrong idea, Australia has given the world plenty of great art. Just not this album.
Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke) Talks Justin Townes Earle’s Single Mothers
As long as we have songwriters like Justin Townes Earle, there’s no reason to worry about the fate of country music.
Andy McCluskey (OMD) Talks Glass Ghost’s LYFE
The British synth-pop icon congratulates Glass Ghost on their cascading torrents of sound and gorgeously imagined hedonistic tumble.
Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Dungeonesse, Flock of Dimes) Talks My Brightest Diamond’s This is My Hand
Does My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden realize that she simultaneously reminds us of her humanity and transcends it?
Stuart David (Belle and Sebastian, Looper) Talks Alt-J’s This Is All Yours
The new Alt-J album finds hope for a new generation of kids no longer in thrall to rock & roll’s clichés of attitude and self-destruction.











