music commentary
On Twerp Verse, Speedy Ortiz Is Unstoppable
The band's earnestness is evident in every hook and harmony.
On Making Psychedelic Connections to The Other
King Tuff's latest is a heartbreaking album that encapsulates the loneliness of this specific decade.
Sunflower Bean’s Twentytwo in Blue Is the Psychic Opposite of NYC Winter
Are all my West Coast references totally off the mark?
For Those Who Are not Living the American Dream
On his latest album, David Byrne offers an altered vision of our modern "utopia."
Hot Snakes Are at the Intersection of Refined and Primal
According to the singer of Meat Wave, the band's latest album, Jericho Sirens, is violent in its glow.
Moby Weathers the Storm on Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
It’s very possibly the most beautifully broken record he’s ever recorded.
Mount Eerie Tries to Make Sense of the Senseless
Now Only is not a treatise on death, but one person's attempt at healing from personal tragedy.
The Acts of God in Ought’s Room Inside the World
"I am exiting someone's mind by shrinking into a malleable clay version of myself and being pulled out through their ear by a magnet or UFO."
Joan Baez, in Exquisite Reflection, Finds a New Voice
Whistle Down the Wind demonstrates that the songs we cover sometimes say more about our present state than the songs we write ourselves.
Peeling Back the Layers of Shannon and the Clams’ Onion
On having a good time while we cry, cry, cry.
The Hardcore Tribalism of Turnstile
Time & Space is a hopeful uproar in a nihilistic medium—and it's not for everyone.
