Country music has a dark history of songs about killing your lover. Men want to kill their wives for cheating. Women want to kill their…
Keba Robinson has been releasing music under the Crosslegged moniker since 2011, when she released the album Bad Body Language. In the Bandcamp liner notes,…
Hot off the heels of last year’s exceptional Living Torch, Kali Malone has delivered an album version of the previous live exclusive Does Spring Hide…
“Who do you think you’re looking at?… You’d better shut your mouth and stand back,” began GOT the Beat’s debut single, “Step Back,” released last…
With a history of quick turnaround releases, Belle and Sebastian stays true to form and follows up last year’s A Bit of Previous with Late…
The latest entry into the canon of psychedelic-trip records, Margo Price’s new album Strays tells the story of a person arguably at their most vulnerable…
Simply put: Julia Wu has established herself as one of the most consistent artists of the decade so far. The Australian-Chinese singer-songwriter has put out…
Right under the wire, we bring to you our Top 25 Albums of 2022. It’s also the second edition of our weekly magazine, kicking off…
“I’m bout to explode!” Big Freedia first called for a “release” back in 2014 on her incendiary track “Explode.” “Release your anger, release your mind,…
Celebrity worship is out in 2022. At this point, we expect our superstars to have a downward spiral after reaching the top. It’s essentially written…
And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow is a more spiritual and communal record for Weyes Blood, speaking to both the personal and universal with delicate…
S:INEMA is a lushly produced and confidently fluid record that goes a long way in asserting SAAY’s unique artistic character. Although the average K-pop fan…
New Confusion finds Shit and Shine at their best, tying familiar and esoteric styles into horrifyingly jagged knots of distortion and discord. Austin-based experimental project…
The Loneliest Time is another undeniable treat from one of pop’s greatest stars. Three years after her last bright-eyed pop album, Carly Rae Jepsen returns with The…
Midnights is stuck somewhere between Taylor Swift’s classic pop textures and recent dreamy minimalism, to disappointing ends. As an unabashedly pop record, Taylor Swift’s new…
Blue Rev might end up as 2022’s best indie pop release, as well as Alvvays’ best record to date. It took Alvvays, Canada’s most celebrated…
Bloom isn’t going to be remembered as the knockout pop album of the year, but it does mark both PiXXiE and LIT Entertainment as must-follows in…
Woeful Studies — alongside the accompanying Languish Arts — rejuvenates through rumination, attesting to Ka’s near-scholarly maturity and finesse. The rise and enduring appeal of Brownsville rapper/producer…
Ballerini’s latest leans into her strength as a writer, and builds upon her previous works in a welcome fashion. Subject to Change is country singer-songwriter…
Gasoline’s title track in an unfortunate low point on Key’s second full-length LP, but the album’s b-sides remind that he’s one of the most magnetic…