music commentary
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.
Richard Dawson’s Tales of Brexit and Brutalism
Eric Slick (Dr. Dog) talks the English singer-songwriter’s 2020.
Old LP and the Sweet Brutality of that dog.
Eva Hendricks (Charly Bliss) talks the band’s first album in 22 years.
In Praise of Bud Light Limes, Sweaty Allston Basements, and Kal Marks
Zoë Wyner (Halfsour) talks the new EP from the beloved Boston band.
On 30 Years of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Zachary Lipez’s love letter to the Mekons, a band who takes the win where they can find it.
JPEGMAFIA Is Rap’s Modern Day Morpheus
According to Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin), All My Heroes Are Cornballs forces us to experience the world as it is.
On Blue World and John Coltrane’s Self-Revisitation
Morgan Enos (Other Houses) talks the new lost-and-found Coltrane album and why it’s moving to hear the saxophonist look back.
The Roots Are the Only People Who Could Have Made Things Fall Apart
Open Mike Eagle talks his “backpacker b-boy jazz-bo baggy heroes” on the album’s 20th anniversary.
Tenci Is About to Blow the Fuck Up
Izzy True talks My Heart is an Open Field, the "promising first offering" from Jess Shoman.
Ruth Garbus’s Kleinmeister Opens Up New Worlds
Chris Cohen on the LP he’s been “eagerly awaiting.”
