Kaelen's Staff Picks
Hua Li 化力 Looks for the Real Thing on "Sanctions of the Heart"
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PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2024
“Sanctions of the Heart” takes Hua Li on the journey for a love that builds her up rather than knocks her down...
Caroline Polachek and Weyes Blood Capture Something Magical on "Butterfly Net"
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PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2024
The duo's "Butterfly Net" sounds suspended in air, sloughing off the original’s vintage weight for something more timeless...
Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman Come to Their Senses on "Right Back to It"
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PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2024
Sometimes your body tells you to pull away. Sometimes, after years of closeness and stability, comfort starts to feel like constriction. Us...
gglum Revels in Debauchery and Danger on "Easy Fun"
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PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2023
PJ Harvey's To Bring You My Love is a career-defining high watermark in a career full of them, but it didn't exactly leave a long sonic sha...
Kue Varo and the Only Hopes Dodge the Expected on 'Cowboy Witchcraft'
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PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2023
A name like Cowboy Witchcraft conjures images of gothic country rock — gauzy gowns and black ten gallon hats, tumbleweeds rolling through t...
Kirsten Ludwig Plates Her Songs in Armour on 'Sunbeam'
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PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2023
Kirsten Ludwig makes songs that feel small and intimate, but rather than let them drift by in gauzy fabrics and gentle half-light, she plat...
Truth Club Push Through the Shadows on 'Running from the Chase'
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PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2023
North Carolina continues its indie rock dominance with Running from the Chase, Truth Club's deeply affecting sophomore rebirth. There's som...
Lost Girls Find Pop Melodies in the Mire on 'Selvutsletter'
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PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2023
Where 2018's Drive EP and 2021's full-length debut Menneskekollektivet were defined by their unruly, serpentine excursions into Jenny Hval'...
