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Washed Out Tries to Keep the Chillwave Revolution Alive on
Purple Noon
By Zach Schonfeld
August 12, 2020 | 3:07pm
There’s a Story Behind NLE Choppa’s Bullets
By Trey Alston
August 11, 2020 | 12:07pm
Aminé Asks Tough Questions on
Limbo
By Candace McDuffie
August 7, 2020 | 10:28am
The Microphones Journey Through the Past, Present and Future on New Album
By Clare Martin
August 6, 2020 | 12:20pm
Fontaines D.C. Completely Transform on
A Hero’s Death
By Lizzie Manno
July 31, 2020 | 11:24am
Thanya Iyer’s
KIND
Celebrates and Encourages Nuance
By Lizzie Manno
July 30, 2020 | 2:33pm
Madeline Kenney Finds Joy—and Trepidation—on
Sucker’s Lunch
By Max Freedman
July 29, 2020 | 11:54am
Skullcrusher Shares a Piece of Herself On Self-Titled Debut EP
By Danielle Chelosky
July 28, 2020 | 3:21pm
Courtney Marie Andrews Takes The High Road on
Old Flowers
By Ellen Johnson
July 28, 2020 | 1:00pm
Yo La Tengo's
We Have Amnesia Sometimes
Is an Ambient Surprise
By Garrett Martin
July 27, 2020 | 12:38pm
Taylor Swift Morphs Her Sound Yet Again on the Stunning
folklore
By Ellen Johnson
July 24, 2020 | 5:19pm
Lori McKenna Digs Deep Into Family Dynamics on
The Balladeer
By Ben Salmon
July 24, 2020 | 1:52pm
The Aces Chase Pop Perfection on
Under My Influence
By Candace McDuffie
July 17, 2020 | 11:45am
The Chicks Fight the Good Fight on
Gaslighter
By Ellen Johnson
July 16, 2020 | 4:08pm
Protomartyr Imagine Infinite Failures on
Ultimate Success Today
By Jack Meyer
July 16, 2020 | 10:24am
Dehd’s
Flower of Devotion
Blooms Where It’s Planted
By Scott Russell
July 15, 2020 | 1:12pm
Gum Country Crank Up the Fuzz on Indie-Pop Debut
Somewhere
By Lizzie Manno
July 14, 2020 | 2:08pm
SahBabii’s
Barnacles
Is An X-Rated Good Time
By Trey Alston
July 10, 2020 | 12:48pm
The Beths Are Unapologetically Emotional on
Jump Rope Gazers
By Andy Crump
July 9, 2020 | 12:45pm
Pop Smoke Transcends on
Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon
By Jade Gomez
July 8, 2020 | 12:34pm
Margo Price Upends Expectations on
That’s How Rumors Get Started
By Eric R. Danton
July 8, 2020 | 10:52am
Lonnie Holley’s
National Freedom
EP Puts a Surreal Spin on the Blues
By Zach Schonfeld
July 6, 2020 | 10:41am
Dream Wife Are Emotional Warriors on
So When You Gonna
By Clare Martin
July 3, 2020 | 11:28am
Tenille Townes Takes Us On A Country-Pop Joyride on
The Lemonade Stand
By Ellen Johnson
June 30, 2020 | 5:25pm
Arca Has the Absolute Most Fun on
KiCk i
By Max Freedman
June 26, 2020 | 11:23am
HAIM Capture the Heart of L.A. on
Women in Music Pt. III
By Ellen Johnson
June 25, 2020 | 3:39pm
45 Years Later, Neil Young Finally Unveils His Lost Classic
By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
June 19, 2020 | 3:03pm
Ohmme’s
Fantasize Your Ghost
is a Searing, Unpredictable Journey
By Lizzie Manno
June 18, 2020 | 10:37am
Phoebe Bridgers Captures the Mundanity of Modern Sadness on
Punisher
By Ben Salmon
June 17, 2020 | 10:03am
Drab City Conjure a Vivid Musical World on
Good Songs For Bad People
By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
June 16, 2020 | 11:05am
Sports Team’s Debut Is a Celebratory Greatest Hits Album
By Steven Edelstone
June 15, 2020 | 5:02pm
Weary Yet Hopeful, Sarah Jarosz Returns Home on
World On The Ground
By Ellen Johnson
June 15, 2020 | 4:20pm
Run The Jewels 4
Is the Unofficial Soundtrack of the Uprising
By Jade Gomez
June 8, 2020 | 11:45am
Momma’s
Two of Me
Is a Twisted, Enchanting Carnival Ride
By Clare Martin
June 8, 2020 | 11:22am
Hinds Usher in Summer With
The Prettiest Curse
, Their Best Album Yet
By Andy Crump
June 5, 2020 | 10:45am
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Go Back to Move Forward on
Sideways to New Italy
By Scott Russell
June 4, 2020 | 11:06am
Christian Lee Hutson Channels Indie-Folk Greats on
Beginners
By Ellen Johnson
June 3, 2020 | 3:14pm
Inventions’
Continuous Portrait
Is One of the Best Experimental Albums of 2020 So Far
By Zach Schonfeld
June 3, 2020 | 12:38pm
Woods Play to Their Strengths on
Strange to Explain
By Jack Meyer
May 28, 2020 | 4:00pm
Nation of Language Release the Most Exciting Synth-Pop Debut in Years
By Lizzie Manno
May 27, 2020 | 2:30pm
Songs From Northern Torrance
is Joyce Manor At Their Weirdest
By Danielle Chelosky
May 27, 2020 | 11:55am
Katie Von Schleicher is All Over the Map on
Consummation
—In a Good Way
By Ellen Johnson
May 26, 2020 | 5:16pm
Deerhoof Make a Revolutionary Racket on
Future Teenage Cave Artists
By Zach Schonfeld
May 26, 2020 | 2:26pm
The 1975 Are Far Too Ambitious on
Notes on A Conditional Form
By Lizzie Manno
May 20, 2020 | 10:03am
Charli XCX Dances Proudly Into Vulnerable New Territory on
how i’m feeling now
By Austin Jones
May 19, 2020 | 3:17pm
Jess Williamson Has a Magic Touch on
Sorceress
By Eric R. Danton
May 18, 2020 | 2:50pm
Moses Sumney Explores Identity and Isolation on the Dazzling
græ
By Ben Salmon
May 18, 2020 | 12:34pm
Cecile Believe Mythologizes Gentleness on
Made in Heaven
By Austin Jones
May 15, 2020 | 1:23pm
Public Practice Define Dark Disco Style on
Gentle Grip
—but Lose Some of Their Edge
By Natalia Keogan
May 14, 2020 | 11:41am
Perfume Genius Gloriously Loses Control On
Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
By Max Freedman
May 13, 2020 | 12:35pm
Jason Isbell Wrestles With Ghosts on
Reunions
By Eric R. Danton
May 12, 2020 | 11:38am
Hayley Williams Sheds Her Skin on
Petals For Armor
By Jade Gomez
May 8, 2020 | 1:30pm
Choir Boy Shine Brighter than Ever on
Gathering Swans
By Annie Black
May 7, 2020 | 10:00am
Deau Eyes Paints an Unflinching Self-Portrait on
Let It Leave
By Clare Martin
May 6, 2020 | 10:00am
Car Seat Headrest Makes an Album for Arenas, But Loses Itself in the Process
By Steven Edelstone
April 30, 2020 | 10:00am
Diet Cig Own Their Growing Pains on
Do You Wonder About Me?
By Scott Russell
April 29, 2020 | 11:20am
Lucinda Williams Returns With Enlightened Fury on
Good Souls Better Angels
By Ellen Johnson
April 24, 2020 | 2:40pm
Hazel English Goes for Big and Bright on
Wake UP!
By Eric R. Danton
April 22, 2020 | 9:30am
A New Boxed Set Showcases The Fall at Their Mercurial Best
By Robert Ham
April 21, 2020 | 2:45pm
Fiona Apple is Mesmerizing Beyond Belief on
Fetch the Bolt Cutters
By Ellen Johnson
April 17, 2020 | 10:35am
Rina Sawayama Perfects Millennium-Era Pop On Debut Album
By Annie Black
April 16, 2020 | 10:00am
Watkins Family Hour Capture the Feeling of Community on
Brother Sister
By Ellen Johnson
April 15, 2020 | 5:02pm
Trace Mountains’
Lost in the Country
is a Collection of Pretty Songs That Blur Together
By Ben Salmon
April 14, 2020 | 1:35pm
Shabazz Palaces Bring Visionary Hip-Hop to Earth on
The Don of Diamond Dreams
By Zach Schonfeld
April 14, 2020 | 11:30am
Flat Worms’
Antarctica
is a Scorched Punk Stunner
By Lizzie Manno
April 13, 2020 | 11:14am
Laura Marling’s Stunning
Song For Our Daughter
Arrives Right On Time
By Steven Edelstone
April 10, 2020 | 1:25pm
Hamilton Leithauser Loses Himself in New York City’s Stories on
The Loves of Your Life
By Scott Russell
April 10, 2020 | 10:00am
Purity Ring Provide a Guiding Hand on
WOMB
By Jade Gomez
April 8, 2020 | 12:00pm
Peel Dream Magazine Finetune Their Avant-Pop and Shoegaze Lullabies on
Agitprop Alterna
By Lizzie Manno
April 8, 2020 | 9:30am
Thundercat Swaps Zany For Smooth on
It Is What It Is
By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
April 7, 2020 | 1:20pm
Cry in the Club (Bedroom) with
I’m Your Empress Of
By Clare Martin
April 7, 2020 | 9:00am
The Strokes Are Distracted and Determined on
The New Abnormal
By Max Freedman
April 6, 2020 | 11:30am
Deeper’s Triumphant
Auto-Pain
Takes On New Meaning After Tragedy
By Steven Edelstone
April 6, 2020 | 9:00am
Anna Burch Is Quietly Self-Assured on
If You’re Dreaming
By Eric R. Danton
April 3, 2020 | 4:00pm
Yves Tumor Destroys Rock Music on
Heaven To A Tortured Mind
By Austin Jones
April 3, 2020 | 12:35pm
Little Dragon Craft a Sonic Escape on
New Me, Same Us
By Clare Martin
April 3, 2020 | 9:30am
The Chats Create the Guide to Debauchery on
High Risk Behaviour
By Jade Gomez
April 2, 2020 | 2:18pm
Catholic Action’s
Celebrated By Strangers
Is the Perfect Balance of Playfulness and Sincerity
By Lizzie Manno
April 2, 2020 | 9:30am
Waxahatchee's
Saint Cloud
Redefines What Americana Can Be
By Ellen Johnson
April 1, 2020 | 5:30pm
Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams
Aporia
By Austin Jones
April 1, 2020 | 9:30am
Ultraísta Bring Sophisticated Synth to the Dancefloor on
Sister
By Steven Edelstone
March 31, 2020 | 4:05pm
On
Ghosts V
and
VI
, Nine Inch Nails Soundtrack the Unthinkable
By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
March 31, 2020 | 1:00pm
Cable Ties Aren’t Your Dad’s Political Punk Band
By Max Freedman
March 31, 2020 | 3:35am
Sorry Party Like Rock Stars on
925
By Max Freedman
March 30, 2020 | 12:10pm
Esmé Patterson’s
There Will Come Soft Rains
Is a Study in Swagger and Contrast
By Ben Salmon
March 30, 2020 | 11:35am
Roger and Brian Eno Try
Mixing Colours
But Mostly Get Gray
By Austin Jones
March 27, 2020 | 1:30pm
The Orb Preaches
Abolition of the Royal Familia
, But Will Anyone Heed the Call?
By Robert Ham
March 27, 2020 | 12:45pm
Half Waif Scales Back on
The Caretaker
By Max Freedman
March 26, 2020 | 4:10pm
Lilly Hiatt Gives Us
Walking Proof
of Her Talent
By Andy Crump
March 25, 2020 | 4:20pm
Phantogram Return with an Uneven
Ceremony
By Jade Gomez
March 25, 2020 | 2:15pm
At the End of the World, The Weeknd Finds Himself in
After Hours
By Joshua Bote
March 25, 2020 | 12:45pm
Gigaton
Is Pearl Jam’s Most Adventurous Album in Forever
By Zach Schonfeld
March 24, 2020 | 3:00pm
Margaret Glaspy Transforms Her Sound on
Devotion
By Eric R. Danton
March 24, 2020 | 12:40pm
Nap Eyes’
Snapshot of a Beginner
Won’t Put You to Sleep
By Andy Crump
March 23, 2020 | 3:45pm
Moaning Through the
Uneasy Laughter
By Andy Crump
March 23, 2020 | 9:30am
Swamp Dogg Proves He Can Succeed at Any Genre on
Sorry You Couldn’t Make It
By Steven Edelstone
March 20, 2020 | 5:00pm
Irreversible Entanglements Invoke the Revolution on
Who Sent You?
By Harry todd
March 20, 2020 | 12:40pm
Four Tet Takes the Dancefloor Outside on
Sixteen Oceans
By Harry todd
March 19, 2020 | 4:15pm
Worriers’
You or Someone You Know
Is a Guide to the Subtleties of Adulthood
By Jade Gomez
March 19, 2020 | 11:40am
Stephen Malkmus Tries Out a New Voice on
Traditional Techniques
By Clare Martin
March 18, 2020 | 3:00pm
Rustin Man’s
Clockdust
is a Groggy Gem Colored by Nostalgia
By Robert Ham
March 17, 2020 | 3:30pm
Porridge Radio’s
Every Bad
Is the Album that Indie Rock Desperately Needed
By Lizzie Manno
March 16, 2020 | 2:45pm
Porches Takes Wide-Ranging, Eclectic Approach on
Ricky Music
By Eric R. Danton
March 13, 2020 | 2:40pm
Planet 1999 Twinkles with Tender Enthusiasm on
Devotion
By Austin Jones
March 13, 2020 | 11:40am
Dogleg Ably Walk the Line Between Melody and Brawn on
Melee
By Ben Salmon
March 12, 2020 | 11:50am
Nadia Reid Searches for Self on
Out of My Province
By Eric R. Danton
March 11, 2020 | 12:35pm
Caroline Rose Twists the Typical Story of Stardom on
Superstar
By Clare Martin
March 10, 2020 | 11:45am
U.S. Girls’
Heavy Light
Overflows with Empathy
By Austin Jones
March 9, 2020 | 12:50pm
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