Kaelen's Staff Picks
Charli XCX and Lorde's "Girl, so confusing" Remix Finds Healing in Confrontation
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PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2024
"Girl, so confusing" is already one of the most vulnerable songs on 'BRAT.' On an album shaped by its unfiltered, plainly spoken...
Zsela's 'Big for You' Is a Luxuriant Exhale
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PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2024
Zsela's voice is an anchor. The NYC songwriter's deep, bottom-of-the-throat vocals pull her songs to the dusky half-light of the ocean floo...
Jessica Pratt Lights Up the Dark on 'Here in the Pitch'
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PUBLISHED May 3, 2024
It's been hard to find the words for Jessica Pratt's 'Here in the Pitch.' Even now, I feel more like I'm scrambling against time than saying...
Bullion Takes Centre Stage on 'Affection'
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PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2024
Nathan Jenkins’s work as Bullion is unmistakable but easily subsumed — his burbling, ‘80s-influenced production...
Nilüfer Yanya Does It Again on "Like I Say (I runaway)"
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PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2024
How does she do it? Scroll through any given comment section under Nilüfer Yanya's new single or peruse the tweets ecstatically spreading ...
Martha Skye Murphy's "Need" Pulses Like an Ember in Ice
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PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2024
If there's one thing you can expect from Martha Skye Murphy, it's that she'll leave you a little dizzy, your feet sliding even on solid ...
'Diamond Jubilee' Is a Glittering Showcase for the Genius of Cindy Lee
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PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2024
Cindy Lee embodies diva-hood in the old-school sense — a Supreme, a Ronette, Dusty Springfield if she traded beehives for synthetic bobs ...
Kelly Moran's "Sodalis (II)" Moves Like a Deep Ocean Current
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PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2024
Kelly Moran’s original “Sodalis” — a contribution to the 2020 Field Works 'Ultrasonic' collection — was an anxious churn of wings...
