Mary Chapin Carpenter’s latest studio album, The Dirt and the Stars, can join the list of 2020 records that accidentally work perfectly for our c…
Album Review: Young Ejecta – “Ride Lonesome”
Young Ejecta forms a simple contrast on their latest album “Ride Lonesome”. The soothing sound of singer Leanne Macomber is fine-tuned to be intertwin…
Album Review: Drakeo the Ruler – “Thank You For Using GTL”
The automated cellular voice hits you like a battering ram. The gruesome reality sits in your stomach like bad food poisoning. West coast rap will nev…
Album Review: The Chicks – “Gaslighter”
One of the (very) few good things that has come in 2020 is the return of the newly renamed The Chicks, the bestselling female band and bestselling cou…
Album Review: The Naked And Famous – “Recover”
The Naked and Famous have gone through a downsizing over the years. The band is now a duo, with Alisa Xayalith and Thom Powers backing each other up a…
Album review: MisterWives swings high on “SUPERBLOOM”
SUPERBLOOM is the most recent MisterWives album, and it packs just as hard a punch as anything they’ve ever made before, leaning on their classi…
Album Review: Taylor Swift – “folklore”
A number of publications have made the questionable decision of describing Taylor Swift’s folklore as her first “indie” record. No matter how “alt” he…