Music Reviews
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Mount Eerie Sauna
Phil Elvrum's latest double-LP as Mount Eerie is an otherworldly landscape complete with a rich climate and dense atmosphere, but Phil, our lonesome, wandering guide, never fails to keep a strong human warmth burning at its core.
Peter Quinton reviews... -
Natalie Prass Natalie Prass
The Nashville artist manages to harken back to the fluid funk of 1970s R&B and chamber-pop without falling into the trappings of derivation or heightened melodrama.
Joseph Moore reviews... -
H Hawkline In The Pink Of Condition
The eccentric Cardiff songwriter teams up with partner/producer Cate Le Bon on his full-length debut, in which he manages to justify his odd behavior with heaps of whimsical charm.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
The Dodos Individ
The latest by the veteran San Francisco duo seems restless and agitated, where anxious rumination and energized self-doubt plague the subject matter that materialized on 2013's Visiter.
Joseph Moore reviews... -
Twerps Range Anxiety
The Melbourne foursome's latest is a deeply considered listen, one that relinquishes the audacious idiosyncrasies of Underlay EP in favor of a more scrupulous and intrinsic approach.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Sleater-Kinney No Cities to Love
Sleater-Kinney's first album in a decade is a brazenly confident effort that defines itself, a cogently crafted thesis of confidence, tenacity and togetherness.
Gabbie Nirenburg reviews... -
Disappears Irreal
Dark, cold, brooding and good: The Chicago rock reducers known as Disappears release their fifth album, Irreal.
Sean Caldwell reviews... -
Viet Cong Viet Cong
The Calgary foursome's debut effort, featuring two members of defunct post-punk act Women, refines their atonal, unimpeded ethos and convert it into something challenging yet approachable.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguz reviews... -
Belle & Sebastian Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
The Glaswegian mainstays' latest explores sounds rooted in the dance-pop of the 70s and 80s.
Angel Aguilar reviews... -
Pinkshinyultrablast Everything Else Matters
It might have taken them over seven years to get to this point, but the debut album from Russian shoegazers Pinkshinyultrablast was well worth the wait.
Joe Rivers reviews...
