EDITOR’S NOTE: As album releases slow down in December, we like to catch our breath and write about albums that came out earlier in the year that we didn’t get a chance to review but we think are worthy of […]
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Scenes from a life under stress unfold on the engrossing Another Wave Is Coming, spotlighting the experiences of a stranger in a strange land — or in the case of New Zealand’s Emily Edrosa, more than one strange land. Whether […]
A cross between a hysterical lunatic and a road-weary sage, Jim White really lets loose on the electrifying Misfit’s Jubilee, the latest installment in his ongoing quest to make sense of reality in all its dazzling weirdness. “This circle of […]
Norway’s Malin Pettersen may be soft-spoken, but she’s far from timid. After a decade of making records, originally with the band Lucky Lips and recently as a solo performer, this deceptively fearless singer has mastered the art of using seemingly […]
Grant-Lee Phillips has been doing this for a while, and he knows it. “I may not be young / A lot of songs are sung,” he concedes calmly on the leadoff track of Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff, hastening to […]
An album of cover songs can serve all sorts of purposes. For a veteran, it might be a chance to take stock of your roots and salute those who provided inspiration way back when (or merely a way to tread […]
Depending on your state of mind, Cinder Well could be either the best or worst thing to listen to in a lockdown. The brainchild of Amelia Baker, a native Californian lately residing in Ireland’s County Clare, the absorbing No Summer […]
Difficult realities and long-cherished values collide with a bang on Canadian Corb Lund’s first album of original material in five years. Eloquent and plainspoken, the excellent Agricultural Tragic finds the affable country rocker exploring his roots as a rancher and […]
She’s appeared on records by Lera Lynn, Mercury Rev, and Tracy Bonham. She’s performed songs of Bruce Springsteen, David Byrne, and Scott Walker. She’s written with Old 97’s and Replacements alum Tommy Stinson. And she’s made vibrant albums of her […]
Like a superhero called to the scene of a crisis, The Mammals have returned with encouraging words of compassion and hope just when they’re needed most. While Mike Merenda and Ruth Ungar, the leaders of this unassuming collective, wouldn’t presume […]
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