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Car Seat Headrest, “Faces From the Masquerade”

Recorded in March of 2022 at Brooklyn Steel, this live album goes a long way in expressing both the charms and limitations of Will Toledo’s bedroom-pop project over a decade since its inception.

December 14, 2023
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Iron & Wine, “Who Can See Forever Soundtrack”

Sam Beam’s career-spanning live album serves as an antidote to passive engagement as it has a way of putting into focus just how much we’ve been overlooking the songwriter’s genius.

November 15, 2023
In Conversation
Wild Nothing on Finding Space to Grown with “Hold”

Jack Tatum discusses how past, present, and future intertwine on his pop-influenced fifth album under the moniker.

October 23, 2023
Reviews
Squirrel Flower, “Tomorrow’s Fire”

With the help of a killer team of collaborators, Ella Williams constructs something close to an entire universe within her third LP’s brief 34-minute runtime.

October 17, 2023
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Deeper, “Careful!”

The post-punky four-piece’s third record and Sub Pop debut hurdles toward you at breakneck speed, clear mission in mind.

September 08, 2023
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Buck Meek, “Haunted Mountain”

The third collection of solo recordings from Big Thief’s guitarist weaves the mystical and everyday while meticulously obscuring the reality of either.

August 24, 2023
Reviews
Blake Mills, “Jelly Road”

A record of quiet contemplation and deceptive disorder, the virtuoso guitarist’s fourth solo album contains both all and none of what came before it.

July 13, 2023
In Conversation
Palehound on the Opposing Forces That Define “Eye on the Bat”

El Kempner discusses bringing a punky, live-band energy to their latest album—which is ironically also their most intimate.

July 12, 2023
In Conversation
Jason Isbell on Re-Writing the Past for What It Really Is on “Weathervanes”

The alt-country songwriter discusses how the comfort of experience—and the discomfort of honesty—shaped his latest LP with his outfit The 400 Unit.

June 06, 2023
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Charlotte Cornfield, “Could Have Done Anything”

The further you dig into the Canadian songwriter’s newest collection of sunset-folk, the more you realize how hard it is to sound this casual—and how much of a joy it is to see an artist continue to come into their own.

May 19, 2023
Essay
Unburied in Time: Diving Into “The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel”

Even when presented in one big, unwieldy mass of 54 songs, Jeff Mangum remains as beguiling as ever.

February 24, 2023
Film + TV
“The Elephant 6 Recording Co.” Is an Intriguing Documentary but a Better Historical Document

Finally, a film specifically for those of us who don’t regret our In the Aeroplane Over the Sea forearm tattoos.

November 17, 2022
In Conversation
Will Sheff on Striving for Contentment with “Nothing Special”

With his first post–Okkervil River solo LP out now, the songwriter digs into how the record was shaped by letting go of preconceptions.

October 11, 2022
Reviews
Emily Yacina, “All the Things: A Decade of Songs”

The songwriter’s latest is a compilation of sorts attempting to wrangle with Yacina’s impressively deep catalog.

August 10, 2022
Reviews
Florist, “Florist”

This self-titled LP is as close as an album can come to a kind of VR experience: alive, fluid, breathing in an artform that typically feels far more passive.

August 08, 2022
Breaking
Momma Are Manifesting Rock-Stardom on “Household Name”

The Brooklyn-based duo discuss taking the time to chase the best version of their sound on their debut for Polyvinyl Records.

July 01, 2022
Reviews
Porridge Radio, “Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky”

Tempering hope but resisting despair, the Brighton quartet’s second album sounds far more nuanced and organic without losing any of the urgency.

May 23, 2022
In Conversation
Kevin Morby Explores the Power of Images on “This Is a Photograph”

We talked to Morby about his latest solo album, recording in Memphis, and the mysteries of photography.

May 12, 2022
Reviews
The Districts, “Great American Painting”

The latest from the Philly-based group is an album rife with strength and conviction even in its most vulnerable and honest moments.

March 28, 2022
Reviews
supernowhere, Skinless Takes a Flight

Like a math-rock inspired Beach House, the Seattle-based group create a vibe so pervasive it transcends vibes-inherent triviality.

March 03, 2022
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