Courtney Barnett’s Tell Me How You Really Feel, hotly anticipated after the success of her last solo release in 2015, takes some of that heat, compacts it and turns it inward before sending it out in …
Album Review: La Luz – “Floating Features”
Now on their third full-length release, La Luz sees no reason to stray from a successful formula. Floating Features does not wander far from their previous works, as it successfully evokes their state…
Album Review: Twin Shadow – “Caer”
The title of Twin Shadow’s first release in three years, Caer, comes from the Spanish for “fall.” Twin Shadow, or George Lewis Jr., has succeeded in crafting an album that actually lives up to ideas e…
Album Review: Janelle Monáe – “Dirty Computer”
Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer, her first release since 2013, is a fast-paced, outspoken, fabulously fun and original piece of work. Dirty Computer, at less than an hour, is the shortest and most stre…
Album Review: Laura Veirs – “The Lookout”
Laura Veirs knows who she is and what she does, and with The Lookout she returns after a long solo absence sounding as polished and assured as ever. Aside from her participation in the case/lang/veirs…
Album Review: Wye Oak – “The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs”
Although Wye Oak’s latest album starts strong, and with a lot of elements in play, at the end of its run time it feels as if it has entirely slipped through our fingers and fallen away. The Louder I C…
Album Review: Sunflower Bean – “Twentytwo in Blue”
Sunflower Bean’s second album, Twentytwo in Blue, crystallizes their position as a band you need to know about. There’s a small chance this endless gray winter has made their sun-dried rock sound even…