First Listen: Ian Noe, 'Between The Country'
On his debut album, Ian Noe captures his Eastern Kentucky small town with a sad, often heartbreaking brilliance.
Music Reviews
Branford Marsalis Revels In Jazz's Timeless Challenges On New Album
Saxophonist Marsalis has been leading a quartet for the last 20 years, with only one personnel change; their new album, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, shows they're still going strong.
Top Shelf: 2019 Tiny Desk Contest Entries Our Judges Loved
An incredibly strong pool of artists entered this year's Tiny Desk Contest. And though there's just one winner, there were so many more entries our judges loved.
For Charly Bliss, Bad Relationships And Growing Pains Commingle With Crystal Synths
Young Enough, the latest album from Charly Bliss, was born out of growing pains and toxic relationships.
Vampire Weekend's 'Father Of The Bride' Puts A Light Touch On Heavy Topics
The band's longest album to date is so polished you may not initially take in all the emotion roiling beneath its surface. Father of the Bride introduces new themes and a new ambition.
First Listen: Sebadoh, 'Act Surprised'
The band kicks off its fourth decade with a string of spiky, aggressive three-minute rock songs whose jagged edges hide a throbbing heart.
First Listen: Justin Townes Earle, 'The Saint Of Lost Causes'
Cradled in his homespun warmth, Justin Townes Earle's husky drawl feels like the darkness before the dawn.
First Listen: Petrol Girls, 'Cut & Stitch'
These are songs that rip through time, across borders and into psyches with feminist post-hardcore that engages at it rampages.
First Listen: Mavis Staples, 'We Get By'
Mavis Staples is a living embodiment of gospel music's place in the civil rights movement, but she's no static symbol of the past.
First Listen: Lucette, 'Deluxe Hotel Room'
Lucette avoids strummed guitars in favor of spartan digital sounds on her new album produced by Sturgill Simpson.