Exploring a multitude of concepts and themes, Sting bundles up his established interests in pop, R&B, folk and jazz while featuring his quintessential pop-rock sound on the contemplative remotely recorded new album The Bridge. Written in the year of pandemic, The Bridgehas…
From the Record Crate: One Direction – “Up All Night” (2011)
I listen to Up All Night, and I’m transported right back to 2011. The band members have, over the years, diverged into different directions, but their early albums immortalize One Direction. Up All Night is a time capsule that turns…
Album Review: Snail Mail – “Valentine”
One of the many charms Lush, the 2018 debut album from Lindsey Jordan and her band Snail Mail, was its dated quality. Though a musical highlight in the 21st century, Lush sounded like it could’ve debuted in the 1980s during…
“Juno” Album Review: Remi Wolf’s debut album is unpredictable and vibrant
Remi Wolf’s debut album is an explosion of color, and I don’t just mean the music videos. Listening to Juno is like being in an arcade room, jumping excitedly from one machine to another, simply having to try them all.…
‘Talk Memory’ Review: BADBADNOTGOOD kick back into gear on latest album
Talk Memory, the fifth studio album from Toronto jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD, phones home to many of the band’s influences and past greats in the genre such as Sun Ra and Charlie Parker. Very much an old-timer’s jazz album, the production…
Album Review: Duran Duran – ‘Future Past’
For all its brightness and colors and over-the-top imagery, the 1980s were a hard decade to age out of. The pop culture stars of that glorious decade were so omnipresent in that boom of media that it was probably for…
Album Review: Leo Sawikin Releases ‘Row Me Away’
Singer-songwriter Leo Sawikin releases his new album, Row Me Away, via Riverine Music. Recorded at Sound on Sound Studios in Montclair, New Jersey, the album was produced by Grammy-winner Marc Swersky, mixed by Tony Black (tracks 1-7), Seth Von Paulus…