First Listen: Brett Naucke, 'The Mansion'
Ever try to remember the nooks and crannies of your childhood home? This Chicago composer took it one step further.
Music Reviews
Songs We Love: Kian Soltani, 'In Memory Of A Lost Beloved'
Hear the emerging artist channel his Persian heritage in music that meditates on loss while mixing Eastern and Western traditions.
New Releases Showcase Nina Simone's Early Years In Music
In April, the singer, songwriter and pianist will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In anticipation, two compilations of Simone's early singles have been released.
Songs We Love: Yo La Tengo, 'For You Too'
Hoboken's homegrown indie-rock heroes offer a poultice for the soul from their atmospheric new album.
In Skating Polly's 'Queen For A Day' Video, Heavy's The Head That Wears The Crown
The punk trio smashes the idea that competition among women is the best way to the top in a new video for The Make It All Show.
Songs We Love: Alice Bag, '77'
The Chicana punk legend inhabits the foremothers of 9 to 5 to lambaste the gender pay gap.
Songs We Love: Natalie Prass, 'Short Court Style'
Prass sheds Disney princess comparisons and instead gloves up to pole-vault with her first single off The Future and The Past.
First Listen: Andrew W.K., 'You're Not Alone'
The sprawling, 16-song album is a cornucopia of spirit-lifting, even occasionally reflective party jams.
Kacey Musgraves, Champion Of New Nashville, Announces 'Golden Hour' With Two Songs
Kacey Musgraves has spent the past five years building a new musical world in Nashville. Now she's showing the world that she is fully living in it.
Songs We Love: Ashley Monroe, 'Hands On You'
Monroe sounds more sensitive, sensual and comfortable in her skin than she ever has on her upcoming album, Sparrow.