The album is a psychedelic indie rock manifesto that channels a sultry, creative and effortlessly cool vibe. Each track is crafted from the ground up, often starting off with simplistic percussion lines or deep bass beats and building into something unforeseen.
Beck has been curiously absent from the music scene for the past few years, or at least hiding in the background. He has kept himself busy producing, collaborating with other artists, occasionally touring...
Neko Case never disappoints.
Ever since Blacklisted, her 2002 release, the level of quality of her alt-country/folk/indie rock/Americana songwriting has never faded. Her newest release, the wordy The...
40 years ago, The Beatles topped the charts with Please Please Me and sparked a musical revolution. Now in 2013, music celebrates a multitude of anniversaries.
The Strokes, one of the greatest modern post-punk bands (in this reporter's humble opinion), is a group that has a clear evolutionary arc in its style; beginning with the debut album Is This It, The...
Miracle Mile, Portland, Ore. band STRFKR’s third full-length album, is a colorful continuation and development of the band’s percolating electronic style. The last two albums that the band released were great, of course—but it is this reporter’s humble opinion that Miracle Mile is their best yet. Dynamic, sugary and poppy in the best way possible, this is an album that is a pleasure to both listen and dance to.
FIDLAR's eponymous debut album leads with the track "Cheap Beer," whose chorus echoes "I drink/ cheap beer/ so what/ [expletive] you," which sets the tone for the entire album. The song sounds like...
Emma Dahl turns her critical eye to "Love This Giant," a new collaboration between Annie Clark (better known as St. Vincent) and the Talking Heads' David Byrne.
As March winds chill your bones and roil the skies in a haze of gray, revel in the melancholy for a moment and tune your ears to the sweet sorrow of Swedish folk-pop act First Aid Kit. Consisting of sisters...
