Sun Kil Moon This Is My Dinner Caldo Verde · November 1, 2018 Sun Kil Moon has been on a fantastic streak since 2014’s Benji, releasing album after album of the most captivating contemporary folk music there is. This Is My Dinner is not at all a folk album, though. “I wrote a captivating song […]
Clarence Clarity THINK: PEACE Deluxe Pain · October 5th, 2018 Clarence Clarity is one of the most unconventional producers of modern pop. He loves to incorporate elements of noise, electronic, plunderphonics and more into his polished pop and R&B tunes. While that could certainly come off as jarring, Clarence stays well within the boundaries of […]
BROCKHAMPTON iridescence RCA · September 21, 2018 With every subsequent release, the group’s sound becomes more polished, dulling the sense of authenticity that originally made BROCKHAMPTON so relatable and interesting. If you haven’t heard of BROCKHAMPTON yet, it’s likely you’ve been living under a musical rock for the past year. The “best boyband since One […]
Kali Uchis Isolation Virgin Records · April 06, 2018 Kali Uchis is a Colombian-American singer who has made a name for herself over the last few years featuring on tracks from big names like Tyler, the Creator, Gorillaz, Miguel, Daniel Caesar, Snoop Dogg, and more. Isolation is her debut full-length project, following 2015’s Por Vida EP, […]
Frankie Cosmos Vessel Sub Pop · March 30, 2018 Greta Kline is the undisputed queen of modern DIY. Vessel is the follow-up to her fantastic 2016 album Next Thing, which solidified Frankie Cosmos’ position among indie gods like Car Seat Headrest and Alex G, having made the transition from lo-fi, Bandcamp solo-artists to full-band mainstream acts. […]
Rhye Blood Loma Vista Recordings · February 2, 2018 Rhye is the R&B project of singer Mike Milosh, who released debut album Woman under the name with producer Robin Hannibal in 2013. Hannibal has since left the group, leaving sole creative direction to Milosh, who immediately stands out to many due to his vocals. Milosh’s voice […]
Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Merge Records · February 10, 1998 Neutral Milk Hotel released their second album, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, twenty years ago on February 10, 1998. Although no one really listened to or even liked it at that much at first, it quickly become the most important […]
Sleigh Bells featuring Sabri January 24, 2018 @ Paradise Rock Club By: Grant Foskett Less than twenty-four hours before Sleigh Bells were due to take the stage, I still had no idea they were performing in Boston. So when I got a Facebook notification telling me first, that they were playing and second, that WRBB […]
The Shins The Worm’s Heart Aural Apothecary/Columbia · January 19, 2018 The Worm’s Heart is a “flipped” version of The Shins 2017 album, Heartworms. This is a concept lead member James Mercer has been toying with for a while but has just now managed to put it into practice. In general, the idea of flipping […]
BROCKHAMPTON Saturation III QUESTION EVERYTHING INC. / EMPIRE · December 15, 2017 No one does – and no one has done – what BROCKHAMPTON is doing, and that in itself makes them interesting. BROCKHAMPTON can best be described by Dom McLennon’s line on ‘Fake’ off the group’s first album, “We turn weird shit to a commodity.” The […]
