Alex's Staff Picks
Father John Misty's 'I Love You, Honeybear Demos, etc.' Feels Like Real Love, Baby
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PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2025
'I Love You, Honeybear' is Father John Misty's biggest and best album — but "Real Love Baby" is his biggest single, and the newly released...
Avalon Emerson's "Don't Be Seen with Me" Is a Ravey Daydream
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PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2025
A couple years ago, my wife and I were obsessed with Avalon Emerson's dream pop album '& the Charm,' so we bought tickets to her Toronto...
'Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory' Proves Itself
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PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2025
When a longtime solo songwriter suddenly starts gives their backing band co-billing, it doesn't usually fill me with confidence about their...
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's 'Perfect Right Now' Is a Wistful Postcard from the Past
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PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2025
Of all the different eras of music I've been around to witness, the lo-fi blog pop era of 2008–2012 was the time when it felt like music was...
This Mashup of "Hollaback Girl" and Kendrick Lamar's "Squabble Up" Is B-A-N-A-N-A-S
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PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2025
'GNX' has been out for a little more than two months, and it's probably already my most-listened-to Kendrick Lamar album. It's not that I...
MIKE Makes an Effortless Opus with 'Showbiz!'
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PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2025
The album is called 'Showbiz!,' but there's nothing glitzy about MIKE — an underground NYC rapper whose workmanlike pace of excellent...
FKA twigs Brings Her Alien Electro Down to Earth on Ravey 'EUSEXUA'
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PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2025
I've historically been a bit on the fence about FKA twigs, whose alien art&B is vibey but tends to wash over me without leaving me much...
Neil Young's "big change" Has a New Band but a Vintage Sound
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PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2025
Neil Young has a new band and a new single. The all-lowercase group neil young and the chrome hearts have just rolled out their debut song...
