Album Reviews

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  Julianna Riolino Discovers Hope Amid Heartbreak on the Richly-Shaded 'All Blue'

  PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2022

  During his short-lived Blue Period, Pablo Picasso painted The Old Guitarist, one of his most famous and enduring works. A portrait of an is...

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  Plains Traverse Life's Highways on the Beautiful 'I Walked with You a Ways'

  PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2022

  The country ingenue to pop star pipeline is well documented, but the indie darling to country songbird less so — Jess Williamson and Waxaha...

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  Wild Pink Are Still One of Indie Rock's Most Underrated Bands on the Swooning 'ILYSM'

  PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2022

  The story of Wild Pink so far is that of a perpetually underrated indie-rock band, critically celebrated while flying under the radar of pe...

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  Alvvays Are Unpredictable, Harsh and Better Than Ever on 'Blue Rev'

  PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2022

  Alvvays named their third album after a caffeinated vodka cooler, but Blue Rev feels less like a hyperactive buzz and more like the crushin...

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  WILLOW Breaks Through on 'COPINGMECHANISM'

  PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2022

  Around the outset of summer 2021, articles declaring a pop-punk revival started to proliferate, hypothesizing its causes and naming its amb...

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  Jessica Moss Extends Her Universe on 'Galaxy Heart'

  PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2022

  As members of the extended Godspeed You! Black Emperor/A Silver Mt. Zion universe continue to expand and deepen their individual voices, it...

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  Dawn to Dawn's 'Postcards from the Sun to the Moon' Is an Intimate Dispatch

  PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2022

  Dawn to Dawn's debut album Postcards from the Sun to the Moon is a sonic stream of consciousness. The Montreal trio, comprised of musicians...

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  On 'A Eulogy for Those Still Here,' Counterparts Build a Maze Worth Getting Lost in

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2022

  Whether they've embraced it or simply been unable to escape it, there's something uniquely Canadian about Counterparts' sound. Sure, the Ha...