The height of Future’s hedonism coincided with a marvelous mixtape/album run from 2015-2017. One that included a toxic breakup with Ciara, a lov…
Album Review: Sparks – “A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip”
The quirk-rock fraternal duo Sparks adds another album to their 20-plus record discography with A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip. This new entry does it…
Album Review: The Mountain Goats’ latest is called “Songs for Pierre Chuvin,” but it’s made for us.
Songs for Pierre Chuvin is The Mountain Goats’ latest album, recorded entirely on a Panasonic boombox, all since the pandemic. It’s based on “A Chroni…
Album Review: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – “Reunions”
We’re lucky to have a songwriter as warm and talented as Jason Isbell to share with us his journey, a not uncommon one, of troubled young drifter and …
Album Review: Dogleg excel with intense, technical punk on “Melee”
Concerts may be out of the question right now, but if you want to feel the thrill of a tiny rock club crowded with moshing masses, try putting on Dogl…
Album Review: Westside Gunn explores new sounds on “Pray for Paris”
Westside Gunn is known for dark, grimy, ‘90s hardcore hip hop inspired sounds, and his new album Pray for Paris makes clear that the rapper is a maste…
Album Review: Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes – “What Kinda Music”
You’re in a room, the lights are dimmed, and a pulsating beat is heard. In one corner there is Yussef Dayes, the experimental jazz player known for hi…