Girlpool and Let's Eat Grandma explore the inherent grief of growing up
Two new albums from Let's Eat Grandma and Girlpool wistfully accept the inherent grief that comes with facing adulthood.
Music Reviews
Albert Ayler made sublime music. The world was not ready
At his last recorded concerts, the avant-garde outlaw's seemingly disparate sound worlds came together.
On 'Palomino,' Miranda Lambert wants to be wild and free
Miranda Lambert's Palomino is, at its heart, an album about the freedom afforded by the open road. But where country music's stuck on back roads, Lambert speeds down the interstate.
'Fresh Air' marks the centennial of jazz great Charles Mingus
Critic Kevin Whitehead reflects on the legacy of the musician who would have been 100 on April 22, 2022. Mingus died in 1979, leaving behind a catalog of music that reflected his outsized personality.
claire rousay transforms the mundane into sonic abundance
On the largely wordless everything perfect is already here, the composer lets us experience the world through her ears with field recordings, strings and a little tenderness.
The Masked Singer
Throughout Warm Chris, New Zealand songwriter Aldous Harding is a chameleonic presence, pulling off one mask only to reveal another underneath.
Reissue traces jazz giant Ornette Coleman's 'Genesis of Genius'
Coleman's first LPs from the late 1950s are newly available. They showcase Coleman's sound before he began making the records with his own bands that made him a controversial jazz star.
'Wet Leg' hooks you with their prickly, raunchy way of looking at the world
Last year, a catchy song called "Chaise Longue" became a breakout hit for a duo of 20-something women from the Isle of Wight. Wet Leg's new self titled album is full of more clever entertainment.
On 'Melt My Eyez See Your Future,' Denzel Curry's ambitions get the best of him
Denzel Curry released his fifth studio album, Melt My Eyez See Your Future, on March 25. Ambitious to a fault, he delivers introspective meditations over eclectic, but warm, productions.
Maren Morris and Molly Tuttle tell their origin stories anew
Both artists could have used their new albums to make good on their pop crossover potential. Instead, they managed to reaffirm their ties to their genres of origin without sacrificing creative growth.