Album Reviews

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  Sweeping Promises Dread the Easy Life on 'Good Living Is Coming for You'

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2023

  When Sweeping Promises' Hunger for a Way Out dropped midway through 2020, it almost seemed as though the post-punk duo's debut had material...

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  Lucinda Williams's 'Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart' Are Tales to Live By

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2023

  Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart, Lucinda Williams's latest, is just that — all heart. In 2020, at the age of 67, the legendary songwriter...

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  The Jins Tell It Like It Is on 'It's a Life'

  PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2023

  Vancouver rock trio the Jins come out swinging with their debut album — It's a Life is a mournful summer album best suited for late-night d...

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  Young Thug Is All Work on the Muddled 'Business Is Business'

  PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2023

  It's not a stretch to say Young Thug is one of the most influential rappers of the last decade. His signature high pitch sing-song sound is...

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  Graf Orlock Burn the Tapes on the Fiery 'End Credits'

  PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2023

  Though there are a few cinemagrind bands in existence, it's a rarefied genre ruled by Los Angeles sample forefathers Graf Orlock. Spot weld...

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  Militarie Gun's Aim Is True on 'Life Under the Gun'

  PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2023

  Militarie Gun has become one of the more intriguing punk bands in the last couple years, and it shouldn't come as a surprise. Frontperson a...

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  Curtis Waters' 'BAD SON' Is a Good Time

  PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2023

  Nepali-Canadian musician Curtis Waters is in many ways one of the most enigmatic rising stars we've seen recently. His debut album Pity Par...

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  Valley Rise to the Occasion on 'Lost in Translation'

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2023

  They warn you that it's lonely at the top. And so goes the tale as old as time: wanting to make pop music but being a little reluctant abou...