Album Reviews

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  Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Return of the Dream Canteen' Is a Compelling Mess

  PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2022

  Red Hot Chili Peppers have taken pains to insist that Return of the Dream Canteen isn't simply the outtakes from this spring's Unlimited Lo...

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  On 'Save the Baby,' Enumclaw Turn Dreams into Reality

  PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2022

  Self-described via their cheeky Twitter bio as the "Best Band Since Oasis," Enumclaw are boldly staking their claim as the next big thing i...

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  Daphni's 'Cherry' Is a Sugary, Addictive Treat

  PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2022

  For all the more overt moves Dan Snaith has made toward the dance floor on his last two albums as Caribou, it's in his work as Daphni where...

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  Julianna Riolino Discovers Hope Amid Heartbreak on the Richly-Shaded 'All Blue'

  PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2022

  During his short-lived Blue Period, Pablo Picasso painted The Old Guitarist, one of his most famous and enduring works. A portrait of an is...

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  Plains Traverse Life's Highways on the Beautiful 'I Walked with You a Ways'

  PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2022

  The country ingenue to pop star pipeline is well documented, but the indie darling to country songbird less so — Jess Williamson and Waxaha...

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  Wild Pink Are Still One of Indie Rock's Most Underrated Bands on the Swooning 'ILYSM'

  PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2022

  The story of Wild Pink so far is that of a perpetually underrated indie-rock band, critically celebrated while flying under the radar of pe...

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  Alvvays Are Unpredictable, Harsh and Better Than Ever on 'Blue Rev'

  PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2022

  Alvvays named their third album after a caffeinated vodka cooler, but Blue Rev feels less like a hyperactive buzz and more like the crushin...

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  WILLOW Breaks Through on 'COPINGMECHANISM'

  PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2022

  Around the outset of summer 2021, articles declaring a pop-punk revival started to proliferate, hypothesizing its causes and naming its amb...