Destroyer: Dan’s Boogie
“The Same Thing as Nothing at All”, the five-minute, swirling, sing-spoken moment that opens Destroyer’s fourteenth studio album, Dan’s Boogie, is a weirdly premature…
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CocoRosie: Little Death Wishes
Skittering beats, gorgeous strings, and the fragile falsettos of sisters Sierra Rose “Rosie” and Bianca Leilani “Coco” Casady usher in CocoRosie’s eighth studio album,…
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My Morning Jacket: is
If you don’t count the band’s wistful Christmas collection, Happy Holiday!, is* is (*not a typo, My Morning Jacket are intentionally making it difficult…
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Swervedriver: The World’s Fair EP
Jimmy Hartridge, Swervedriver’s lead guitarist since 1989, was once quoted as saying, “If you had four songs ready-ish, you would record them there and…
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Youth Lagoon: Rarely Do I Dream
After announcing his retirement in 2016, Youth Lagoon, AKA Trevor Powers, released two studio albums under his real name. In 2022, Powers resurrected the…
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Horsegirl: Phonetics On and On
Given their band members’ comparatively young age, and the relatively short time they’ve been together (only since 2019), Horsegirl have a sound that transcends…
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The Wombats: Oh! The Ocean
The Wombats’ latest album, Oh! The Ocean, finds the Liverpool threesome not far, stylistically, from where they left us last. In terms of recording…
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Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear
With Franz Ferdinand’s sixth studio album, The Human Fear, frontman Alex Kapranos and company proudly wear their musical influences on their sleeves. Now in…
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Cursive: Devourer
Although Cursive released their first full-length album in 1997, they’re typically associated with the emo scene of the early-2000s due mostly to the popularity…
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Hinds: Viva Hinds
To quote Agatha Christie, “And then there were two.” Viva Hinds, the latest album by Spanish indie rockers Hinds, finds the quartet cut in…
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