IDLES CRAWLER Partisan · November 12, 2021 2021 marks 10 years since British post-punk band IDLES released their first project, which was a self-titled EP in 2011. For the first several years of their existence, the band remained in relative obscurity, releasing EPs every few years up until their breakout debut album Brutalism in 2017. […]
Snail Mail Valentine Matador · November 5, 2021 Snail Mail is the musical project of singer-songwriter and guitarist Lindsey Jordan, who gained notoriety in 2018 upon the release of her debut album Lush, released a week before Jordan’s nineteenth birthday. Lush became a favorite among younger indie pop fans due to swelling instrumentals and passionate […]
Lana Del Rey Blue Banisters Polydor / Interscope · October 22, 2021 By this point, Lana Del Rey has joined the ranks of the most prolific and unforgettable artists of the past decade, thanks to her consistency in releasing acclaimed, stylistically diverse albums every year or two. In the past year alone, she’s added the […]
Injury Reserve By the Time I Get to Phoenix Injury Reserve · September 15, 2021 Injury Reserve was never a typical rap group. Founding member Stepa J. Groggs was 28 when the group released their debut mixtape Live From the Dentist Office in 2015, having met fellow emcee Ritchie Wit a T at a Footlocker […]
Julien Baker Little Oblivions Matador · February 26, 2021 Today, boygenius, an indie collective composed of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus, is one of the most recognizable bands on the scene. In October 2015, then-20-year-old Baker, a relatively unknown singer writing songs primarily in her Middle Tennessee State dorm room, commenced this new […]
Black Country, New Road For the first time Ninja Tune · February 5, 2021 It should be well-known to fans of rock music that Great Britain has become a hotspot for boisterous, somewhat experimental post-punk bands in recent years, with groups like IDLES, black midi, shame, and Viagra Boys rising to prominence from various parts […]
Yves Tumor Heaven to a Tortured Mind Warp Records · April 3, 2020 Few modern artists possess a mystique equal to that of Yves Tumor, an elusive artist based in Italy who has been known to shapeshift from genres all across the musical landscape, merging his earlier ambient sound with his more recent incorporation of […]
Princess Nokia Everything Sucks PLATOON · February 26, 2020 Destiny Frasqueri, professionally known as Princess Nokia since 2014, became a darling of underground hip-hop fans following her debut album 1992 Deluxe in 2017. It was a raw, energetic project that combined old school New York boom bap style with more modern trap production. Princess Nokie […]
Poppy I Disagree Sumerian Records· January 10, 2020 Moriah Pereira, known professionally as Poppy, has harnessed the digital age to her advantage over the past half-decade. About six years ago, she began releasing abstract and surrealist short videos on her YouTube channel, and signed to Island Records under the name That Poppy in 2015. By […]
Algiers There Is No Year Matador Records · January 17, 2020 Four months ago, Algiers, one of the most innovative rock outfits of the past decade, released perhaps their most off-the-wall song to date: a chaotic slam poetry track backed by an erratic jazz instrumental titled “Can the Sub_Bass Speak?” Combining all the elements that […]
