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John Vincent III Sings Love Songs for the Canyon

John Vincent III Sings Love Songs for the Canyon

Indie folk artist John Vincent III proclaims that love is central to his life on Songs for the Canyon and offers these songs as proof.

Tears For Fears Make a Resplendent Return on ‘The Tipping Point’

Tears For Fears Make a Resplendent Return on ‘The Tipping Point’

Tears For Fears’ The Tipping Point is exquisitely intimate, poppy, and multilayered, highlighting the deepest beauties of Smith and Orzabal’s partnership.

The Record Company Expand Their Sound on ‘Play Loud’

The Record Company Expand Their Sound on ‘Play Loud’

Yes, the Record Company still incorporate some blues into their fuzzy rock, but on Play Loud, the sound is more expansive.

Elvis Costello Gets Dark and Brooding on ‘Hey Clockface’

Elvis Costello Gets Dark and Brooding on ‘Hey Clockface’

Elvis Costello is a complex man of dark humor and flashes of anger as he keeps fighting the good fight armed with a razor wit.

Elvis Costello Gets Dark and Brooding on ‘Hey Clockface’

Elvis Costello Gets Dark and Brooding on ‘Hey Clockface’

Elvis Costello is a complex man of dark humor and flashes of anger as he keeps fighting the good fight armed with a razor wit.

Matt Berninger Takes the Mic Solo on ‘Serpentine Prison’

Matt Berninger Takes the Mic Solo on ‘Serpentine Prison’

Serpentine Prison gives the National's baritone crooner Matt Berninger a chance to shine in the spotlight, even if it doesn't push him into totally new territory.

Best Coast’s ‘Always Tomorrow’ Moves Forward into New Territory

Best Coast’s ‘Always Tomorrow’ Moves Forward into New Territory

Best Coast return with Always Tomorrow, a sunny collection of pop songs about loss and finding the courage to rebuild.

The New Pornographers Find Messages ‘In the Morse Code of Brake Lights’

The New Pornographers Find Messages ‘In the Morse Code of Brake Lights’

The New Pornographers' latest offers a myriad of listening pleasures on the surface, and the further one digs into its contents, the more one can find to enjoy until one concludes that the journey of discovery is its sole purpose.

Chick Corea Explores More Latin Possibilities With His New Group

Chick Corea Explores More Latin Possibilities With His New Group

The Spanish Heart Band–Antidote is a thrilling fusion of grooves and soul, further cementing Chick Corea as one of the most innovative voices in jazz history.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Takes Listeners on a Journey with ‘The Traveler’

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Takes Listeners on a Journey with ‘The Traveler’

Blues rock's Kenny Wayne Shepherd incorporates all of his Southern influences and a few surprising covers on his dynamic new record, The Traveler.

Castlecomer Want to Make You Dance and Maybe Also Rock

Castlecomer Want to Make You Dance and Maybe Also Rock

Sydney's Castlecomer is a family band and their self-titled debut album is full of catchy dance-rock songs that range in quality from "pleasant and listenable" to "pretty darn good".

Devotchka’s ‘This Night Falls Forever’ Is Indie Rock at Its Most Cinematic

Devotchka’s ‘This Night Falls Forever’ Is Indie Rock at Its Most Cinematic

On their first LP since 2011's 100 Lovers, Devotchka fall somewhere between the marching troubadour worldliness of Beirut and the grandeur of Arcade Fire, writing songs of widescreen suburban romance that radiate with ghosts and demons.