First Listen: Mr. Mitch, 'Devout'
The London grime producer's second album is a song-cycle about family.
Music Reviews
Jessi Colter Sets 'The Psalms' To Chords On An Original, Idiosyncratic New Album
The country singer teams up with producer Lenny Kaye on her new record of spiritual songs. Critic Ken Tucker says the result is one of the most distinctive recordings he's heard in a while.
Songs We Love: SOFTSPOT, 'Habits'
Sarah Kinlaw's lush meditation on loss and memory transforms into a black-and-white space ballet, a beautiful fall into the abyss.
Songs We Love: WVWhite, 'Drag Down'
As the son of a '90s indie-rocker, Tyler Travis has taken that era's sound and made it his own — after all, it's what's done with all that noise that counts.
Songs We Love: Woods, 'Bleeding Blue'
Woods hadn't planned to make any new music in 2017, but after last year's election, the folk-rock band decided to focus on love.
Songs We Love: Trio Mediaeval, 'Morgunstjarna'
The anonymous song from 17th-century Iceland sports a catchy, bittersweet melody that pop outfits like Peter, Bjorn and John might be happy to whistle. Arve Henriksen joins the vocal trio on trumpet.
Revisiting A Masterpiece: When Frank Sinatra Collaborated With Antonio Carlos Jobim
Sinatra was well into his Rat Pack era, the reigning American embodiment of masculine suavity and aplomb, when he teamed up with the Brazilian maestro for one of the best albums of his career.
The Mad Genius Of Father John Misty
The singer takes aim at all of humanity on his sprawling new masterwork Pure Comedy.
Songs We Love: Night Things, 'Cost Of The Summer'
The Los Angeles synth-pop duo sounds like a sunny reboot of Duran Duran, and it wants to turn your dreams into songs.
Future Islands' New Album Stays Smooth, Even As Veins Bulge
The band's secret weapon is a kind of fearless sincerity — in its lyrics, in its propulsive urgency and in its frontman's willingness to throw himself into performances with guileless passion.