Articles by Daniel Sylvester

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  Neil Young and Crazy Horse's 'Barn' Is Built on a Familiar Foundation

  PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2021

  There are two faces of Neil Young: Harvest-folkie and Zuma-rocker. But the truth is, he's at his best when he straddles both approaches and...

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  Julie Doiron Sounds Revitalized on Brash, Energetic 'I Thought of You'

  PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2021

  Anyone familiar with Julie Doiron's work ethic knows that, just because she hasn't put out a proper album in a moon's age, doesn't mean she...

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  Parquet Courts Lose Themselves to Dance on 'Sympathy for Life'

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2021

  For the majority of their career, Parquet Courts have found themselves settling into their imperial phase. Since blowing up upon the 2013 r...

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  Xenia Rubinos's Lyrics Steal the Show on 'Una Rosa'

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2021

  Eight years into her career, it's apparent that Xenia Rubinos prefers to wipe the proverbial slate clean before releasing her next album. A...

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  BADBADNOTGOOD Reconnect with Their Jazz Roots on 'Talk Memory'

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2021

  Since the release of their debut LP in 2011, BADBADNOTGOOD has always been associated with modern hip-hop culture, releasing Gang Starr cov...

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  Remembering September 24, 1991, the Day Underground Music Hit the Mainstream

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2021

  "Teenage angst has paid off well, now I'm bored and old." These lyrics that open Nirvana's 1993 swansong, In Utero, may have sounded, to th...

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  Moor Mother's 'Black Encyclopedia of the Air' Is a Perfect Storm of Mood and Music

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2021

  In late 2020, Camae Ayewa (a.k.a. Moor Mother) released BRASS with the supremely underappreciated rapper Billy Woods, initiating a move fro...

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  Low Remain at the Top of Their Creative Peak on 'HEY WHAT'

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2021

  Double Negative, Low's hugely celebrated 2018 LP, saw the Duluth, MN-based band moving even further away from their trademark minimal slowc...