Daughter (Glassnote)
Stereo Mind Game is the band Daughter’s third album, and the band’s first studio album in seven years. The album explains what it means...
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Jack Barton
Apr 25, 20232 min read
boygenius (Interscope)
You may ask yourself, “is it Contemporary Folk, Alt, Punk, Pop, literary prose or a movie?”, and the answer is that the full-length debut...
Ellie Sanders
Apr 18, 20232 min read
Chiiild (4th & Broadway/Def Jam)
Innovators of modern music fill in what’s missing from the lexicon and with a deep sense of what’s come before, Yonatan Ayal, known...
Beth Kaufmann
Apr 11, 20232 min read
Wilder Woods (Dualtone)
In 2019 Bear Rinehart, front man for the Grammy-nominated band Needtobreathe, released Wilder Woods as his first solo project. For the...
Jack Barton
Apr 4, 20232 min read
The Band Of Heathens (BOH)
With a realistically positive outlook on life, Simple Things, the new album from The Band of Heathens, is a rollicking and insightful...
Ellie Sanders
Mar 28, 20233 min read
Inhaler (Interscope)
The alchemy of music that is at once familiar and new is the sought after formula for conjuring instant fandom out of the casual listener....
Beth Kaufmann
Mar 21, 20232 min read
Ripe (Glassnote)
Ripe’s new album, Bright Blues, is a collection of 12 songs the Boston-based quintet put together to weather the tough times of the past...
Jack Barton
Mar 14, 20232 min read
ALO (Brushfire/Republic)
ALO’s ninth studio album, Silver Saturdays, is not only the band’s first new full-length in eight years, but also celebrates 25-years...
Ellie Sanders
Mar 7, 20232 min read
SYML (Nettwerk)
In an ominous turn, Brian Fennell’s adoptive father was diagnosed with cancer the day Fennell’s self-titled debut as the artist, SYML was...
Beth Kaufmann
Feb 28, 20232 min read
Marc Broussard (Keeping The Blues Alive)
S.O.S. 4: Blues For Your Soul is Marc Broussard’s new release of Blues classics, produced by Joe Bonamassa and Broussard. The album is an...
Jack Barton
Feb 21, 20232 min read
Sunny War (New West)
After spending much of her youth following self-destructive instincts, falling into meth and heroin addiction and busking on the streets...
Ellie Sanders
Feb 14, 20232 min read
Black Belt Eagle Scout (Saddle Creek)
In the midst of our collective pause, Katherine Paul, who performs under the moniker Black Belt Eagle Scout, felt a strong pull led by...
Beth Kaufmann
Feb 7, 20232 min read
The Arcs (Easy Eye Sound/Concord)
The Arcs became a band following sessions for what was anticipated as the new solo album for The Black Keys singer-songwriter-guitarist...
Jack Barton
Jan 31, 20232 min read
Belle & Sebastian (Matador)
From the opening guitar-pop strains of “Juliet Naked,” the first track on Late Developers, Belle & Sebastian’s second album in as many...
Ellie Sanders
Jan 24, 20233 min read
Margo Price (Loma Vista/Concord)
The artists’ lot is to lay bare one’s journey, exposing the peaks, valleys, and rarely-straight-and-narrow paths for the world to judge. ...
Beth Kaufmann
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Rayland Baxter (ATO)
If I Were a Butterfly is Rayland Baxter’s fourth release, introducing the singer/songwriter making his debut as a producer, working with...
Jack Barton
Jan 10, 20232 min read
Myron Elkins (Low Country Sound/Elektra)
It was December of 2021 when the email came: “Check This Out For Boulder.” It was from then-Elektra VP/Promotion Jason Martin and the...
Ellie Sanders
Dec 6, 20222 min read
Courtney Marie Andrews (Fat Possum)
From the opening notes of Loose Future, we know we’re meeting a new Courtney Marie Andrews. On 2020’s Grammy nominated Old Flowers, her...
Jack Barton
Nov 29, 20222 min read
Madison Cunningham (Verve)
From the hypnotic opening riffs of “All I’ve Ever Known,” the first track on Madison Cunningham’s sophomore Verve release, the music...
Ellie Sanders
Nov 22, 20222 min read
Early James (Easy Eye/Concord)
The form of the wizened poet shapes around Fredrick James Mullis Jr., known now as Early James, an Alabama-raised, Tom Waits-inspired...
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