Album Reviews

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  Paramore Make Their Case on the Fantastic 'This Is Why'

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2023

  Paramore's trajectory has been quite incredible to behold. Outlasting most of their peers in the mid-aughts emo/pop-punk bratpack, the band...

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  Yo La Tengo Are in It Together on 'This Stupid World'

  PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2023

  "I want to fall out of time," sings Ira Kaplan in 'Fallout.' "Reach back, unwind." The fight against time will always be a losing one, but...

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  FONTINE Introduces Herself on the Enchanting 'Yarrow Lover' EP

  PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2023

  FONTINE has quietly been a key player in the Manitoba folk scene for what feels like ages now. A natural collaborator, she's worked with an...

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  Tennis Move Forward While Looking Back on the Glitzy 'Pollen'

  PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2023

  Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, now in their second decade as Tennis, have built much of their identity around the slow and steady progress...

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  Black Belt Eagle Scout Traverses Difficult Emotional Terrain on 'The Land, the Water, the Sky'

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2023

  Following her 2019 sophomore album At the Party with My Brown Friends, Katherine Paul's latest missive as Black Belt Eagle Scout — the warm...

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  Afternoon Bike Ride Find Effortless Connection on 'Glossover'

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2023

  Having released their playful and collaborative self-titled debut in 2021, Montreal's Afternoon Bike Ride glide along joyfully with Glossov...

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  Quasi's 'Breaking the Balls of History' Delivers a Swift Kick in the Nuts

  PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2023

  Janet Weiss — undisputed legend of the Pacific Northwest music scene, having notably played in the supergroup Wild Flag and on a couple of...

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  Vanille Is Your Guide to Another World on the Lovely 'La clairière'

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2023

  From the very first moment of Vanille's sophomore LP, La clairière, you're immediately transported to a mystical and dreamlike forest. It's...