The second album from growing star Billie Eilish, ‘Happier Than Ever,’ is both autobiographical and enigmatic.
‘Sling’ review: Clairo digs deep
Simultaneously opulent and warm, and featuring production from Jack Antonoff, ‘Sling’ is a placid walk around the lake with a more mature, epiphanic Clairo.
Album review: James Raftery – ‘Tornado’
Lying somewhere between a religious revelation and romantic sonnets, ‘Tornado’ delivers tantalizing wisps of sonic beauty, soothing and latent with warm hues.
‘Hideaway’ review: Wavves bring back their classic surf punk… for three songs
During the indie explosion of the early 2010s, Wavves’ pop-punky King of the Beach granted the band some growing attention. After their harsh—and frankly, hard to get through—debut records, Wavves and Wavvves, the group’s psychedelic and surf-infused pop anthems cleansed…
Album review: CLOUDLAND impress with vivid, eloquent lyrics on ‘Where We Meet’
The band out of Athens, Georgia, known as CLOUDLAND releases their debut album, Where We Meet, a 10-track collection of songs spanning stylistic savors of indie-rock, pop, and folk music. Made up of four outstanding musicians, CLOUDLAND got together four…
‘Pink Noise’ review: Laura Mvula goes supernova
Emerging with more vitality than ever after a messy breakup with her previous label, Laura Mvula’s first album under Atlantic, ‘Pink Noise’ tells a story of reinvention and jubilance amidst great personal hardship. Pink Noise’s first point of contact is…
Album review: Grey Fields Drop Lucent ‘Vesna’
Simultaneously translucent and alluring, Vesna bestows graceful successions of opulent, yet moody prog-rock capped by pensive vocals.