Pearla: Quilting & Other Activities
Quilting & Other Activities feels warm and intimate, like clothes in a dryer or snuggling up by the fire in a quilt.
Miranda Roberts
Palehound: Black Friday
This album is easy to love, possibly due to the fact that it’s almost entirely about love.
Life is a Party
As most college students do, I spent a good chunk of my finals week thinking about everything but...
CHAI: Punk
Punk isn’t named after the genre of music. It is about being yourself and not limiting yourself to society’s expectations.
Stella Donnelly: Beware of the Dogs
Stella Donnelly’s Beware of the Dogs brings us a feminist commentary on what it is like to be a millenial women
Daniel Romano: Finally Free
Finally Free flows from track to track, creating a cohesive album that is just as insightful as it is mystical
Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow
Despite having a child, starring in The OA, and going to school for psychology, Sharon Van Etten was able to put out an arresting new record
Jeff Tweedy: WARM
Wilco frontman, Jeff Tweedy, released his first solo project, WARM, as a companion piece to his memoir, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back).
Fenne Lily: On Hold
In this beautifully deplorable debut record, Fenne Lily is able to find hope after the pain of a serious heartbreak.
Foxwarren: Foxwarren
Foxwarren delivers themes of desire and loneliness through melodies that will have you swaying for days.
BRONCHO: Bad Behavior
After listening to BRONCHO's latest release, I would define bad behavior as not checking out this record.
Cat Power: Wanderer
This is about finding yourself in a world that is anything but stagnant, so if you’re feeling lost get ready to lose yourself in Wanderer
The Goon Sax: We’re Not Talking
An Australian great, so grab a mate and give “We’re Not Talking” by The Goon Sax a listen.
Blood Orange: Negro Swan
Negro Swan is about forging on when you don’t feel like you belong. But it won’t feel foreign, his LP is as immersive as it is powerful.
Hundred Waters: Communicating
Hundred Waters’ third full-length release is magnetizing, truly an album to get lost in.
Lime Cordiale: Permanent Vacation
Lime Cordiale hails from Sydney and growing up on Australia’s northern beaches clearly influenced their surfer vibe.
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile: Lotta Sea Lice
This is the duo misfits and indie rock fans everywhere have been waiting for.
The Barr Brothers: Queens of the Breakers
The Barr Brothers wrote the 50 minute folk fantasy that is Queen of the Breakers with a Quebec cabin as the backdrop for a reflective album.
The National: Sleep Well Beast
Fans of The National have waited four years for Sleep Well Beast and will definitely not be sleeping on this release.
Chad VanGaalen: Light Information
Chad VanGaalen’s sixth Sub Pop record takes a charming indie rock album and seriously warps it.
Lomelda: Thx
The destination of some road trips can simply be the journey. Lomelda’s latest release, Thx, takes us on a drive away from her small town.
Widowspeak: Expect the Best
It is hard not to have high hopes for an album when the first thing you see is a purple lava lamp underneath the title, Expect the Best.
Andy Shauf: The Party
The Party, is delicate, despite the wild connotations associated with most parties.