Kaelen's Staff Picks

gglum Revels in Debauchery and Danger on "Easy Fun"
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PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2023
PJ Harvey's To Bring You My Love is a career-defining high watermark in a career full of them, but it didn't exactly leave a long sonic sha...
Kue Varo and the Only Hopes Dodge the Expected on 'Cowboy Witchcraft'
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PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2023
A name like Cowboy Witchcraft conjures images of gothic country rock — gauzy gowns and black ten gallon hats, tumbleweeds rolling through t...
Kirsten Ludwig Plates Her Songs in Armour on 'Sunbeam'
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PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2023
Kirsten Ludwig makes songs that feel small and intimate, but rather than let them drift by in gauzy fabrics and gentle half-light, she plat...
Truth Club Push Through the Shadows on 'Running from the Chase'
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PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2023
North Carolina continues its indie rock dominance with Running from the Chase, Truth Club's deeply affecting sophomore rebirth. There's som...
Lost Girls Find Pop Melodies in the Mire on 'Selvutsletter'
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PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2023
Where 2018's Drive EP and 2021's full-length debut Menneskekollektivet were defined by their unruly, serpentine excursions into Jenny Hval'...
Mannequin Pussy Are Crushed by a Crush on "I Don't Know You"
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PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2023
Back in August, Mannequin Pussy shared the bloodthirsty banger "I Got Heaven," an absolute ripper offset by an ascendant '90s pop chorus. T...
gglum Sifts Through the Mess on "SPLAT!"
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PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2023
A title like "SPLAT!" conjures visions of neon goop and cartoonish slapstick, but the latest single from London-based songwriter Ella Smoke...
Mary Lattimore Is a Singular Force on the Mesmerizing 'Goodbye, Hotel Arkada'
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PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2023
I made the mistake of starting my day with Drake's For All the Dogs, so hitting play on Mary Lattimore's Goodbye, Hotel Arkada felt like re...