With their 2015 full-length debut, the delightfully fuzzy Dry Food, Palehound established themselves as a pronounced addition to a division of indie d…
Album Review: Eli Young Band – “Fingerprints”
If you tune into any country station in the United States, you’ll hear older songs from the likes of Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood (“Before He Chea…
Album Review: Portugal. The Man – “Woodstock”
There are few, if any, other single events in American pop music more venerated than the original Woodstock Music and Arts Fair. As a watershed moment…
Album Review: Cheap Trick – We’re All Alright!
A good concert strategy is to start on a high note, sprinkle some hits throughout, and end on a high note. Naturally, since very few bands have enough…
Album Review: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – “The Nashville Sound”
On the opening number of Jason Isbell’s latest record ‒ “Last of My Kind,” a John Prine tribute even by Isbell standards ‒ the accomplished singer-son…
Album Review: The Drums – “Abysmal Thoughts”
Abysmal Thoughts is quite a name for an album. It’s a title that suggests loneliness and gloom, so naturally, it raises the question, “How much fun wi…
Album Review: Big Thief – “Capacity”
Adrianne Lenker appears to have been predestined to become one of indie rock’s most naturalistic songwriters, bearing her soul on the track in a manne…