Album Reviews

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  Madeline Kenney Finds Freedom in Evolution on 'A New Reality Mind'

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2023

  On Madeline Kenney's 2020 album Sucker's Lunch, the Seattle-born singer-songwriter cautiously opened up her heart, giving herself permissio...

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  Georgia Is in Her Carpe Diem Era with 'Euphoric'

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2023

  Georgia is in her carpe diem era with her third studio album, Euphoric. Inspired by the pop divas of the '90s and '00s like Robyn, Kylie Mi...

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  'Joni Mitchell at Newport' Is Nothing Short of Miraculous

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2023

  It sounds surreal, glorious: dozens of top-tier musicians from around the world packed into Joni Mitchell's Laurel Canyon living room. Some...

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  Jessy Lanza Is Both Master and Muse on 'Love Hallucination'

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2023

  Jessy Lanza's original tracks often sound like remixes. The Hamilton-born, newly LA-based singer-songwriter-producer doesn't load her music...

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  Bethany Cosentino's 'Natural Disaster' Finds Silver Linings in a World on Fire

  PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2023

  After over a decade with Best Coast, the release of Bethany Cosentino's first solo album feels like a reintroduction to one of the 2010 ind...

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  Strange Ranger Assume a New Form on the Entrancing 'Pure Music'

  PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2023

  It's invigorating when an artist or band undergoes a drastic transformation in style or vision without losing their identity. Strange Range...

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  Mother Tongues' 'Love in a Vicious Way' Is a Perfectly Cut Diamond

  PUBLISHED Jul 20, 2023

  Mother Tongues play what loosely might be described as "psych rock" — but unlike the swaths of dreamy noise and drawn-out delay pedal jams...

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  a kid named rufus's 'whatever works' Is a Sprint Through the Anxieties of Being a Young Artist

  PUBLISHED Jul 20, 2023

  whatever works, the debut LP from a kid named rufus (a.k.a. Rufus Sivaroshan), boasts a short 27 minute runtime that feels like a sprint th...