Album Review: Ben Jaffe’s Oh, Wild Ocean Of Love Is Tragically Romantic

Benjamin Jaffe’s Oh, Wild Ocean Of Love is a sweet, Western infused romance. You feel like you have walked into an old town filled with…

Album Review: Arctic Monkeys’ Tranquility Base: Hotel + Casino Is A Place To Stay

Arctic Monkeys’s Tranquility Base: Hotel + Casino is like a day trip to the moon. It lands in an all-inclusive resort, where lead singer Alex…

Album Review: Marian Hill Is Cool And “Unusual”

Snazzy, snappy, and altogether sassy, you cannot deny that Marian Hill have found the perfect marriage between jazz and pop, and, with their newest record,…

Album Review: Rachael Sage Combats Spiritual “Myopia”

Rachael Sage’s Myopia may be named after “near-sightedness”, but the singer-songwriters is not referring to how your eyes see but how your soul does. Tackling…

Concert Review: Fan’s Barton’s Den Is An Indie Place To Observe

Meric Long created Fan as an indie project of observance. His debut, Barton’s Den, was made across sessions in various times and places: two weeks spent…

Album Review: Skating Polly Give You “The Make It All Show”

Skating Polly’s The Make It All Show LP is another step for the Oklahoma trio. Known for their sweet and sour nature, they are proving…

Album Review: Middle Kids Sing To The Lost Kids We All Can Be

Middle Kids’ debut, Lost Kids, is gorgeous, and plays like your radio is stitching static from every genre to send you messages from beyond. The…

Album Review: Mat Kearney Shows The CRAZYTALK of Intimacy

Mat Kearney’s CRAZYTALK is sonically seductive by highlighting the “hidden” power of intimacy. When we think of a lover’s closeness, we, immediately, think of lust.…

Album Review: RF Shannon’s Trickster Blues Mellows You Awake

My favorite quality of RF Shannon’s Trickster Blues is that is sounds so tired. Let me explain. There are moments when we feel so exhausted…

Album Review: Palace Winter Embrace Adulthood And Authenticity “Nowadays”

How do you combat distraction? Maybe, with another distraction? Palace Winter’s Nowadays is an album dealing with the human condition, mortality, and the challenges of…

Album Review: Iceage Show Doom Is Beyondless

Music is reflective. The artist you pick says something about what you are feeling and what you are needing. The foreboding, sophisticatedly dreary sounds of…

Artist Close-Up: Vexxed Thank You Sooo Much For Religion

It is befitting that the trio, known as Vexxed, met at Hebrew School because often it is our religious upbringing, which makes us feel lifted,…

Album Review: Varsity Show Everyone Has A Parallel Person

If Kali Uchis and The Shangri-Las went through time to meet each other and form an indie super-pop group, it would be Varsity. Their newest…

Album Review: Twin Shadow Makes You “Caer” Into His Music

If you ask the genre of Twin Shadow, a.k.a George Lewis Jr, he will say “Listen”. After listening to his newest record, Caer, I understand…

Album Review: Speedy Ortiz’s Twerpe Verse Faces Society’s Fear

Says lead singer Sadie Dupuis, “Social politics and protest have been a part of our music from day one, and I didn’t want to stop…