Sisters Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz know how to make an entrance. Their stunning fifth album, Nite Swim, starts gently, the languid piano and violin promising a soothing interlude, but the mellow vibe is promptly shattered by the opening lyric: âI […]
In the title track for her latest album, Sideshow, EmiSunshine claims to be âtoo strange for the big tent,â opting instead to be âqueen of the sideshow.â But the songs on this project may suggest that the 19-year-old singer with […]
One of the many up-and-coming artists who saw their momentum dashed by the pandemic, singer-songwriter Jason Hawk Harrisâ 2019 debut Love & The Dark quickly began garnering him some heady critical acclaim and word-of-mouth buzz despite the pandemic (ND review). […]
Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) shines a light on a transitional phase in Mitchellâs music. Spanning the period during which she released For the Roses, Court and Spark, and the truly groundbreaking The Hissing of Summer […]
Some songwriters write short stories. Some write anthems. Some write life itself. âMy friend had a Twin / I had some old no-name Strat,â John R. Miller sings on the gentle, finger-picked âBasementsâ on his new album, Heat Comes Down. […]
With his latest release, Empire Electric, Julian Saporiti â aka No-No Boy â hones the narrative and eulogistic approaches of his first two albums. While previous work, however, leaned toward opaque mixes that evoked a distinct melancholy, Saporitiâs newest songs […]
On Queen of Time, her first album without the Flatbellys, Lindsay Lou tracks her progress through recent turmoil and grief that led to songs of hope and realization. In this album of self-discovery, she addresses the competing tensions women face. […]
For any long-running band, particularly one as critically acclaimed and tenured as Wilco, a new album invariably arrives with lower and lower stakes. Somewhere in the late 2000s, you could feel this happening to the group. As the lineup solidified […]
Four years after their acclaimed Breakdown on 20th Ave. South, Buddy and Julie Miller return with a gem of an album. To listen to this album is to be âin the throesâ of a compelling attraction to intimately delivered songs […]
For many people, their late 20s and early 30s are a messy time. The type of messy â job, love, family, spirituality, overindulgence â is almost immaterial. Itâs the overwhelming sense that they should have their footing by now. Life […]
