Dark in Here puts The Mountain Goats on a welcome new wavelength, opening a door for future sonic possibilities. The Mountain Goats, the ever-prolific quartet led by multi-hyphenate John Darnielle, returns with another album hot on the tail of an active release cycle. Recorded near…
Home Video doesn’t have a distinct crescendo, but is still full of vulnerable gems that fans of Dacus will love. Now that Lucy Dacus has been inducted into the mainstream on the heels of two solo LPs and her boygenius supergroup with fellow wunderkinds Julien Baker and…
Though showing continued growth after his departure from Vampire Weekend, Rostam’s sophomore effort produces mixed — but still pleasant — results. Formerly of Vampire Weekend fame, Rostam returns with his sophomore solo record after a massive and successful two years producing and contributing to albums for…
Webster executes her evident vision on I Know I’m Funny haha, but the record’s sonic and thematic repetitions can sometimes feel like a slog. 23-year-old Faye Webster returns after a buzzy album cycle with I Know I’m Funny haha, another genre-bending Americana-adjacent record with…
Blood will be a familiar record for Hatfield fans, but one wholly reinvigorated by the artist’s response to the recent sociopolitical landscape. Keeping her prolific streak going, Juliana Hatfield returns with the devilishly-titled Blood, a follow-up to her previous record of original content, Weird, and…
Combining two of last year’s best albums, Apple vs. 7G shows AG Cook hasn’t run out of ways to innovate and adapt his sound. After putting out his first two solo records last year, PC Music founder AG Cook returns with a remix album comprising work from…
Mdou Moctar’s transition from solo artist to full band brings an added depth to already expert musicianship. The Saharan Shredder, Mahamadou Souleymane aka Mdou Moctar (also the lately-formed full band’s moniker), returns with his sixth studio album, Afrique Victime, recorded largely during small breaks in his tour…
Course in Fable is Ryley Walker’s second superb effort of 2021, vastly different than his first but no less affecting. After a massively successful independent release earlier in the year, Ryley Walker returns with Course in Fable, a sprawling folk album drenched in the…
Nurture is album of human reckoning, mining personal darkness and coming out of the other side almost wholesome. Despite a multi-year creative drought, work with various side projects, and a massive tour schedule culminating in a major festival run, Porter Robinson returns now with…
Lovato has clearly evolved as a person and seeks to lyrically contend with her traumas, but her music hasn’t done much growing. It’s often said that when someone experiences a traumatic event, their life splits into a “before” and an “after.” Demi Lovato’s new…
