Album Reviews

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  Daniel Caesar Breaks New Ground on 'NEVER ENOUGH'

  PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2023

  With Daniel Caesar's new album NEVER ENOUGH comes a brand new version of the Toronto R&B sensation. Leaving behind the gospel-tinged arrang...

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  Yaeji Smashes the Barrier Between Past and Future on 'With a Hammer'

  PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2023

  Kathy Yaeji Lee, the singer-producer-DJ known simply as Yaeji, keeps four notebooks in rotation, each with its own purpose: one resembles a...

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  Wednesday Level Up Once Again on the Bruising 'Rat Saw God'

  PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2023

  Today's new music Friday belongs to Wednesday. The Asheville quintet's signature brand of '90s shoegaze-meets-grunge-meets-country makes a...

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  Blondshell Nails the Landing on Her Self-Titled Debut

  PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2023

  Contrary to F. Scott Fitzgerald's well worn adage, the modern American music industry was built on second (and third and fourth acts). Thes...

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  City and Colour's 'The Love Still Held Me Near' Is a Clear-Eyed Portrait of Grief

  PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2023

  Dallas Green's sixth studio album as City and Colour is more than a record, more than a collection of songs. The Love Still Held Me Near is...

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  Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra Bring a Crackling Energy to 'Lightning Dreamers'

  PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2023

  If you want to draw a line from traditional American jazz to today's electronic-infused scene that birthed Makaya McCraven and BadBadNotGoo...

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  The New Pornographers Are Far from Fading on 'Continue as a Guest'

  PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2023

  The New Pornographers exist in a permanent liminal state; neither of the culture nor apart from it, primary songwriter A.C. Newman has occa...

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  Gel Are for the Freaks on the Pummelling 'Only Constant'

  PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2023

  Gel have emerged as one of the most exciting bands in hardcore in a short amount of time. While other acts in the genre might take years an...