Articles by Adam Feibel

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  Julien Baker Goes Electric — in the Best Way — on 'Little Oblivions'

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2021

  Here's the type of record that can propel an artist from indie acclaim to widespread recognition. After two critically lauded albums of raw...

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  The Dirty Nil Are No Longer Rock Underdogs on 'Fuck Art'

  PUBLISHED Dec 30, 2020

  In 10 years, the Dirty Nil have gone from scrappy small-town Ontario upstarts to Juno-winning rockers with a devoted base of riff addicts a...

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  Bearings Enter the Pop-Punk Big Leagues with 'Hello, It's You'

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2020

  Bearings' first record, Blue in the Dark, has to rank among the better debuts in the recent history of pop-punk. By 2018, they had spent en...

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  The National's Matt Berninger Sets Aside His Indie Cred on Solo Debut 'Serpentine Prison'

  PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2020

  A year after the National released their eighth album, I Am Easy to Find, two of their members are back in the spotlight again with high-pr...

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  METZ Are at Their Most Vicious on 'Atlas Vending'

  PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2020

  Hell still hath no fury like the band METZ. The Toronto noise rockers are functioning like a well-oiled and lethally dangerous machine on t...

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  Touché Amoré Return to Their Essential Form on 'Lament'

  PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2020

  In 2016, Touché Amoré took a creative leap forward with their distinctive style of emotive post-hardcore for their fourth album, Stage Four...

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  Bartees Strange's Ambitious Creative Vision Comes to Life on 'Live Forever'

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2020

  What a year it's been for Bartees Strange. He kicked it off with Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy, an EP of five captivatingly reimagined covers o...

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  Jónsi Storms into Futuristic Pop Territory on 'Shiver'

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2020

  A full 10 years after his first solo album, Go, Icelandic musical ambassador Jónsi sets aside the picturesque post-rock of Sigur Rós and fu...