Asa Tone’s Debut ‘Temporary Music’ Balances Technology and Nature
Melati Malay, Tristan Arp, and Kaazi team up as Asa Tone for Temporary Music, which mixes traditional Indonesian instrumentation and electronics.
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TORRES’ ‘Silver Tongue’ Offers a Subtle Geography of Desire
TORRES' Silver Tongue is her most mature release to date. Its nine songs, all evocative and transporting, strive toward a new vocabulary for connection, confidence, and queer love.
Drive-By Truckers Are Sadder and Angrier on ‘The Unraveling’
Once Drive-By Truckers' The Unraveling hits the fourth song, "Thoughts and Prayers", the album dives headlong into the nightmares of the United States in 2020.
Trey Anastasio Band Bring Spirit Family Together in the City of Angels
It's Trey Anastasio Band's newer songs that most energize their audience, which a testament to the creative wave that Anastasio has been riding for the past few years.
Black Lips Create a Killer Country Record, Infused with Lo-fi Garage Rock
Black Lips concoct a lustful mix of cocaine country, psych stomp, and honky-tonk fire and brimstone on Sing in a World That's Falling Apart.
Futurebirds Play to Their Strengths on ‘Teamwork’
Indie country-rockers Futurebirds return with a renewed focus on Teamwork, but the album would benefit from taking more risks.
Dune Rats Strike Back with More Grown-up Sound on ‘Hurry Up and Wait’
Dune Rats are, without a doubt, a rebel-rousing bunch whose call-outs, curse-outs, and amateurish stunts have earned them mass appeal with an audience just as eager to stick it to the man alongside them.
Meghan Trainor’s ‘Treat Myself’ Has Us Questioning How Deep Feminism Runs in the Music Industry
Meghan Trainor's Treat Myself delivers the usual lip service to feminism that branding agencies employ to beef up the portfolios of their sexy, feminine clientele.
Caspian’s Wall-of-Sound Post-Rock Is Handwritten Large with ‘On Circles’
Caspian's On Circles follows in the footsteps of 2015's beatific Dust and Disquiet. It's a big album with its details writ small.
Kesha Makes Partying Sound Like a Chore on ‘High Road’
Kesha's fourth album, High Road, struggles to find something interesting about her new flask-toting flower child persona.
Mint Julep Serve Up Luminous Synthpop with ‘Stray Fantasies’
Husband and wife duo, Mint Julep take a break from their respective solo projects and release a collection of smart, danceable earworms, Stray Fantasies.
Art and Politics Go Hand in Hand on Algiers’ ‘There Is No Year’
Algiers are what would result if Verso Books turned into an art rock band. This is a very good thing.