Album Reviews

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  Preoccupations Are as Bleak as Ever — and the World Has Finally Caught Up on 'Arrangements'

  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2022

  Since forming in 2012 under their now-disavowed Viet Cong moniker, Preoccupations have made each subsequent record under an increasingly he...

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  Sudan Archives Wears Her Crown Proudly on 'Natural Brown Prom Queen'

  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2022

  Brittney Parks is nothing if not a chameleon. Under the name Sudan Archives, the Cincinnati-bred, L.A.-based singer-songwriter-violinist ha...

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  Built to Spill Remember Who They Are on 'When the Wind Forgets Your Name'

  PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2022

  Several things can send the sound of a band in a new direction, whether it's a change of label or a new lineup. For Built to Spill mastermi...

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  Daniel Romano's Outfit Ponder the Divine on the Moonstruck 'La Luna'

  PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2022

  Prolific alternative country, freak-folk, indie-rock troubadour Daniel Romano followed a path of heavenly inspiration tread by many, but co...

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  Living Hour Float Through Life's Changes on 'Someday Is Today'

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2022

  On their second full-length album, Winnipeg's Living Hour craft a fitting soundtrack for the intense, isolating winters for which their hom...

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  Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Finds the Flow on 'Let's Turn It into Sound'

  PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2022

  After premiering her new age LP on the investment capital-funded app, Calm, alongside a high-profile tour with Caribou and an announced sco...

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  Stella Donnelly Softens Her Bite on the Introspective 'Flood'

  PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2022

  Stella Donnelly has never been afraid to call you out. On the Australian singer-songwriter's debut album Beware of the Dogs, she took so ma...

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  Julia Jacklin's Triumphant 'PRE PLEASURE' Is Impossible to Dismiss

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2022

  Crushing, Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin's masterful sophomore album, opened with a song about revenge porn and bodily autonomy...