How does love unravel us?
The power of an album when the artist has a clear and direct vision is unmatched. Lizzy McAlpine created something that is rife with attention, care, and beautiful melodies, and that can only happen when the artist truly knows music.
10 Years of Mac Miller’s Faces.
His mixtape magnum opus thrives with a life of its own a decade later.
Even apes make love.
An ape’s coming of age musical.
A retrospective on The Big Day: was it really that bad?
The Big Day is actually kind of gas.
Is Hurry Up Tomorrow really the end of The Weeknd as we know him?
The conclusion of The Weeknd’s second trilogy is a beautiful but repetitive eulogy that brings his career full circle.
Scoring Dune: Part Two.
How Hans Zimmer used a teenage spirit and trips to Home Depot to build the world of this epic science fiction sequel.
The highs and lows of The Great Impersonator.
Halsey’s fifth studio album teeters between sounding wonderful and one-note, but its heavy themes make it worth a relisten.
GNX: the return of the boogeyman.
All he ever wanted was a Black Grand National.
Maude Latour creates poetry in new album Sugar Water.
Latour’s first album Sugar Water displays a shift in her creative philosophy.
A legacy in sound: Adam Tendler’s journey through music and memory.
In a deeply personal and experimental album, pianist Adam Tendler intricately bridges memory, family, and contemporary composition.
A new sound; The New Sound
It’s a cartoon world. The prawns are four pounds, the do’s are only one. Wake up guys, what is going on?
Mount Eerie’s Night Palace: a birdwatcher’s poetry.
Phil Elverum, one of the most profound musical minds of the 2000s, returns with an album that exudes humanity in a reflective manner.
Nothing is black & white in Tyler, The Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA.
The black sheep of mainstream rap reveals a more intimate side, keeping his listeners guessing at every turn.
Bright Future: how does Adrianne Lenker rewrite her past?
The prolific folk artist’s latest album is a rich revisiting of memory in all its forms, for both her and her fanbase.
Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying by Labi Siffre.
The songwriter and poet’s most commercially successful album is a bittersweet testimony to the beautiful imperfections of the human spirit.
Even after listening to Raven, are we still too far away?
No, not the Edgar Allan Poe of our time, the Kelela of our time, just on her way to “Make Technoa Black Again.”
Yearning softly with Faye Webster’s Underdressed at the Symphony.
Let Faye Webster’s recurrent lyrics bring you to thoughtful acceptance of loves lost.
Ryan Beatty’s Calico and the bravery of brevity.
Queue Calico and let the sunlight dry your tears. Ryan Beatty’s quiet vulnerability makes Calico a powerful reminder that love comes after loneliness.
How Kessoku Band redefined anime music.
A guide to contemporary J-rock, Bocchi the Rock’s album Kessoku Band brings anime music to a level beyond the screen.
Wall of Eyes: the next Evolution of The Smile’s unfiltered genius.
Even if The Smile isn’t altogether new, Wall of Eyes marks their most definitive break from Radiohead yet, outshining their debut to stand as a wondrous work that will enchant, haunt, and charm you at will.