album reviews
Princess Superstar Talks Le1f’s Riot Boi
Now that it's OK to be into both club music and hip-hop, the world is FINALLY ready for Le1f.
Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) Talks Coheed and Cambria’s The Color Before the Sun
A defiant Coheed fan loves the band’s fantastical past, but their blatantly personal new album about the pressures of adulthood is a banger.
Victoria Ruiz (Downtown Boys) Talks Trans FX’s Into The Blu
Shoegaze isn’t a good enough description for what Trans FX does. It's a post-punk sound with a velvety cosmic Instagram filter over it.
Hutch Harris (the Thermals) Talks Beach Slang’s The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us
The Philadelphia band's new album has a drinking problem. And it feels terrible. But it also feels great.
Rjyan Kidwell (Cex) Talks Pictureplane’s Technomancer
Pictureplane's latest album chases You across eleven songs — and sometimes it actually seems to see exactly who You is.
Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie) Talks Max Richter’s From Sleep
In a world with too much light, composer Max Richter's new album helps us find the dark spaces where magic has a chance to seep in.
Zohra Atash (Azar Swan) Talks Sexwitch’s Sexwitch
Cultural appropriation without cultural appreciation is a recipe for disaster.
Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Dungeonesse, Flock of Dimes) Talks Joanna Newsom’s Divers
This is the kind of music that demands patience and attention.
Peter Holsapple (the dB’s, Holsapple & Stamey, Continental Drifters) Talks Rod Stewart’s Another Country
Rod Stewart has traded in his footloose and fancy free ways of yore for cozy scenes from the September of his years. And, well, it's kind of boring.
Josh Strawn (Azar Swan, Vaura) Talks Killing Joke’s Pylon
What makes music timeless? Listening to Killing Joke, we might just have the answer.
Bhi Bhiman Talks Jake Shimabukuro’s Travels
With its theme of travel, the latest album by ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro hits home with our writer, on tour somewhere in the Midwest.
Craig Bell (X__X, Rocket from the Tombs) Talks Protomartyr’s The Agent Intellect
Protomartyr brings you their report from a decaying world, but never gives up on the inhabitants, who search for comfort and joy amidst the debris.











