Album Reviews

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  Marika Hackman Tells Grown Up Stories on 'Big Sigh'

  PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2024

  It's always been a fool's errand to try and encapsulate Marika Hackman's music with a simple genre tag. One need only glance at the list of...

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  Full of Hell and Nothing Find Common Ground on 'When No Birds Sang'

  PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2023

  When we say that something is greater than the sum of its parts, it's assumed that the parts themselves are perfectly fine or capable on th...

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  'The Complete Budokan 1978' Captures Bob Dylan in Metamorphosis

  PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2023

  Recontextualizing one of Bob Dylan's most divisive live albums, The Complete Budokan 1978 proves that "less is more" isn't necessarily alwa...

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  Danny Brown Balances the Wild and the Wise on 'Quaranta'

  PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2023

  "This rap shit done saved my life / And fucked it up at the same time," Danny Brown states at the top of Quaranta, his ferociously sincere...

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  MJ Lenderman's 'And the Wind (Live and Loose!)' Could Stand to Be a Little Looser

  PUBLISHED Nov 14, 2023

  At only 24 years old, MJ Lenderman has accomplished a lot. He plays guitar and sings back-up in Wednesday, the much celebrated (and rightfu...

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  Kurt Vile Retraces His Steps on 'Back to Moon Beach'

  PUBLISHED Nov 14, 2023

  "These recycled riffs ain't going anywhere, anytime soon," stammers Kurt Vile on his latest EP's title track. Riffs, lyrics, melodies — cal...

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  PinkPantheress Spreads Her Wings on 'Heaven knows'

  PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2023

  "I am not your internet baby," PinkPantheress sings on her debut album Heaven knows — a repeated refrain in which she explicitly distances...

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  Chris Stapleton Is for Everyone on 'Higher'

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2023

  Chris Stapleton was writing music in Nashville decades before he ventured out on his own in 2015 with Traveller. Since then, Stapleton has...