Anna Calvi’s Hunted, a remix EP of songs from her last full-length Hunter, is a rare accomplishment in that it is a collection of “remixes” of a sort that are at least equally as good as the originals while still standing apart…
Album Review: U.S. Girls’ “Heavy Light” paints a dark portrait of modern America
Meg Remy of U.S. Girls probably couldn’t have had a better release date for her new album, Heavy Light. The latest record, the newest release since 2018’s In a Poem Unlimited, takes the frequent seeds of patriotic anger present in Remy’s work and builds a…
Album Review: The Secret Sisters prepare a warm, intelligent set of songs for “Saturn Return”
The Secret Sisters’ fourth album, Saturn Return, allows Laura Rogers and Lydia Slagle to display their effortlessly compassionate songwriting. The record doesn’t stray from the folk-country lane in which the Secret Sisters travel but rather journeys over the familiar grooves of…
Album Review: King Krule clashes with despair and optimism “Man Alive!”
Many things have happened to Archy Marshall since the release of 2017’s The OOZ. His relationship with Charlotte Patmore began, alongside his eventual departure from London. The biggest change, however, was the birth of his newborn child. All of which…
Album Review: Tennis excel with personal, sunny indie-pop on “Swimmer”
Ten years into their existence as a band, and as a married couple, Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley of Tennis have released a mature yet effervescent album confronting age and the future. The album is not a departure from the…
Album Review: La Roux – “Supervision”
It’s been just over five years since La Roux’s last release, but unfortunately, Elly Jackson’s latest release, Supervision, feels like a brief extension of that album rather than its own achievement. After such a great record with 2014’s Trouble in Paradise and after…
Album Review: Kesha – “High Road”
Kesha’s latest album High Road is, simply put, medicine for your soul. It is possibly the antidote to the hate-poison that seems to be filtering through the air constantly. It’s a hell of a lot of fun, it’s exploding with charm, it’s…