FIDLAR | Almost Free
Almost? Who the hell do they think they're fooling? One spin of Almost Free is all you need to realize that the bro-dudes of SoCal's FIDLAR — for those...
Santana | In Search Of Mona Lisa
Old soldiers never die. And old hippies never come down. That much seems obvious from the back story of Carlos Santana’s new EP. The short version: During the Woodstock...
Bring Me The Horizon | amo
"This shit ain't heavy metal," singer Oli Sykes admits near the end of Bring Me The Horizon’s sixth album. He needn't have bothered — anybody who's made it that...
Better Oblivion Community Center | Better Oblivion Community Center
Co-ed superduos seem to be all the rage these days. Over the past few years, we've had She And Him (Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward), You+Me (Pink and Dallas...
Weezer | Weezer (Teal Album)
"The thing that pisses me off is when critics say that it's all a big joke," Rivers Cuomo told me several years ago. "When they say I'm intentionally making...
The Bangles • Three O’Clock • Dream Syndicate • Rain Parade | 3 x...
Tribute albums are usually pretty simple affairs. Sometimes, one artist covers a slate of hits by one or more of his influences. Other times, a group of performers celebrate...
Whitehorse | The Northern South Vol. 2
If you heard The Northern South Vol. 1, you already know the drill: Singer-songwriter Melissa McClelland and her guitar-hero husband Luke Doucet put their Northern roots-rock spin on a...
Alice Merton | Mint
No Roots. One hit. So far, those are Alice Merton's stats. But the globetrotting young pop-rocker — who has reportedly lived in a dozen cities (including Oakville, Ont.) over...
Juliana Hatfield | Weird
"I’m staying in," Juliana Hatfield announces seconds into her 17th solo studio album Weird. Who can blame her? The world is a soul-sucking cesspool of empty consumerism and naked...
Joe Jackson | Fool
Joe Jackson has apparently been doing it all wrong all along. Or at least wrongly doing it the same way all along, as the singer-pianist explains in the press...
Deerhunter | Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?
Nostalgia is toxic. Death is everywhere. We exist in the vomit of the 20th century. And your cage is what you make it. So posit the enigmatic Bradford Cox...
James Blake | Assume Form
James Blake is here. Right here. Right now. He's here for you. He's here for his girlfriend. He's here for his collaborators. And perhaps most importantly, he's here for...
Maggie Rogers | Heard It In A Past Life
It might seem like a lifetime ago. But really, it's only been a little more than two years since Maggie Rogers became an overnight sensation — thanks solely to...
Sharon Van Etten | Remind Me Tomorrow
Life gets messy. So messy that sometimes, all you can do is try to embrace the disarray and make yourself at home. That almost explains the cover of Sharon...
Mike Posner | A Real Good Kid
The past few years have not been a real good time for Mike Posner. He went through a romantic breakup. He moved back to Detroit to care for his...
