Articles by Andrea Warner

Alabama Shakes

Work It

PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2015

"It's easy to get lazy. I feel like that's success's worst enemy: being lazy."   So says Brittany Howard, lead singer, songwriter and guita...

The Dears Reflect on Identity, Relationships and Too Much Music

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2015

"We still like to pretend in some way that we're making art" — Natalia Yanchak says this matter-of-factly from a rest stop somewhere...

Lana Del Rey

Honeymoon

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2015

Honeymoon, Lana Del Rey's follow-up to her 2014 album, Ultraviolence, is at times brilliant and occasionally boring, a record that moves an...

The Dears

Times Infinity Volume One

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2015

On Times Infinity Volume One, the Dears' songs vary in terms of depth and intricacy, but each is a fully realized narrative, layered with w...

Coeur de pirate

Roses

PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2015

Thundering drums, strings taking flight, choruses like tidal waves; Roses is Béatrice Martin's biggest and boldest vision yet as Coeur de p...

Coeur de pirate

Map of the Heart

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2015

"All my fears and anxieties and all that crap that humans go through — I didn't face them because I was so busy putting my energy int...

Coeur de pirate Explores the Tumult That Led to 'Roses'

PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2015

"I went through things that I never talked about on my other two records."   That's all about to change. Béatrice Martin, who records as Co...

Where I Play

Kathryn Calder

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2015

"To be honest, I don't know what half this stuff does, but that's okay." Kathryn Calder laughs, sitting in front of the sprawling console i...