The Weather Station Silently Grapple with the End on Their Devastating New Record
On the companion piece to last year’s Ignorance, the Weather Station creates a piano-based record just as existentially anxious but anchored by quietude.
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Sam Evian’s ‘Time to Melt’ Floats Above 2020’s Ugliness at a Safe, Groovy Distance
On Time to Melt, Sam Evian swaddles the malaise of 2020 in a blur of groove-indie experimentation, cementing himself as one of indie’s foremost songwriters.
Buffalo Nichols Impresses Mightily with His Folk Blues on “How to Love”
Plucking chords with steel-tipped determination, Buffalo Nichols brandishes his songs with the worn sentimentality that has had many scarred souls in lonely bars crying into their beers.
Connie Smith Returns with Power on ‘The Cry of the Heart’
Connie Smith and her colleagues might be historians, but they bring old Nashville impressively into the present with The Cry of the Heart.
‘Sky Blue’ Is Another Star in Townes Van Zandt’s Posthumous Career
Sky Blue is raw and deceptively simple thereby creating the space for Townes Van Zandt to remind listeners of his musical prowess and emotional sagacity.
Royal Trux Return in True Rock ‘n’ Roll Fashion with ‘White Stuff’
After 19 years of silence, Royal Trux returns rejuvenated and unleashes an old-school, energetic, and fun ride in White Stuff.
Spiritualized’s ‘And Nothing Hurt’ Is a Remarkably Efficient Record
Jason Pierce’s latest And Nothing Hurt is a kind of condensed greatest hits of the greatest merits of Spiritualized.
Kadhja Bonet Never Lets a Genre Tie Her Down on ‘Childqueen’
Kadhja Bonet carefully chooses how much of her the world can know. In doing so, she remains weightless, an artist ephemeral, even as her genre-resistant music makes a serious sonic impact.
Bash & Pop: Anything Could Happen
Tommy’s question, “How long can we take it before we break it?” is a perfect summary of the Replacements. And if that isn’t what the line is about, well, I'd prefer to think it is.
I Want You to Give Me Enough Time: An Interview with Sunflower Bean
Sunflower Bean's bassist Julia Cumming explains why NYC's hottest band won’t "cater to the super-snobby purist music world".