Snoh Aalegra: Don’t Explain
For the love of all that is dank in the world of soulful beats, do not let Snoh Aalegra's Don't Explain fly under your radar.
Music Reviews
The Field: The Follower
Electronic musician, Axel Willner, returns as The Field and reprises his role as the king of using microsamples to construct beautiful music.
Kiran Leonard: Grapefruit
Kiran Leonard's most recent release has serious vocal and sound variations throughout.
Underworld: Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future
Underworld’s ninth album in their 25+ year career shows how well the duo's sound has carried over and defined electronic of the modern era.
Parquet Courts: Human Performance
Brainy rock music from Brooklyn four-piece, Parquet Courts.
Blue False Indigo: Bloom
Bloom by Blue False Indigo is nothing short of an emotional journey.
Zaid Maxwell: Dorcas
Zaid Maxwell and Dorcas are a prime example of the many exemplary oddities to be found in the Rad Cult catalog.
Dana Falconberry: From the Forest Came the Fire
Falconberry's avant-folk will make you question our role in the natural world, and maybe even get you to talk to a pinecone or two.
Cullen Omori: New Misery
Cullen Omori, former lead singer of Chicago’s Smith Westerns, releases his first solo album.
Marco Benevento: The Story Of Fred Short
Deep rock digs, tinges of disco, a Casio drum kit, and Woodstock folklore.
Stiff Middle Fingers: Antisocial Studies
No local band is more aptly named or capable of as much debauchery as Stiff Middle Fingers.
Entheos: The Infinite Nothing
The Infinite Nothing is a cold and exacting example of tech death metal with backing from incredible talents and varied influences.
Keeps: Brief Spirit
Keeps is The War on Drugs and Temples jamming out on a beach in space.
The Last Shadow Puppets: Everything You’ve Come to Expect
Road trip music in its purest form.
Feels: Feels
The debut album from Los Angeles garage band, Feels.
Toughies: Sweet Dream
With a fresh new style, Lawrence's Toughies has written a tender collection of summer tunes.
Esperanza Spalding: Emily’s D+Evolution
Self-admittedly piqued by fusion, Emily's D+Evolution is the height of the once-prodigy's polarity between rock and jazz.
Little Green Cars: Ephemera
Little Green Cars’ sophomore album, Ephemera, is packed with haunting lyrics, upbeat melodies, and powerful vocals that are worth a listen.
RJD2: Dame Fortune
Dame Fortune is RJD2's time capsule full of funky and soulful grooves with a tinge of trip-hop.
Sunwatchers: Sunwatchers
A snake charming, sax wielding New York subway performer and a drummer have now been caught performing together on tape.
Andrew Bird: Are You Serious?
Bird brings his familiar sounds with a new lyrical honesty that fits well with his larger oeuvre and will be welcome by all of his fans.
Explosions in the Sky: The Wilderness
With an adept ear for detail and timing, Explosions in the Sky released a rare project in The Wilderness that captures and engages the listener through an odyssey of mood.
The Range: Potential
A fresh and bold electronic album that takes inspiration from hip-hop, house, and jungle.
Black Moth Super Rainbow: SeeFu Lilac
The ever-equipped BMSR hold dearly a tool belt of muddy synths, guitar, production, and vocoder-laden vocals on this dazed yet patient approach.