First Listen: Lucie Silvas, 'E.G.O.'
The British-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter depicts the collision of self-importance and insecurity from an earthier, more conversational angle.
Music Reviews
First Listen: Nothing, 'Dance On The Blacktop'
Domenic Palermo channels a lifetime of tragedy into Nothing's blustery distortion, scorching riffs and stirring melodies.
SOPHIE's Debut Album Is A Complex, Clamorous Pleasure
The singer-songwriter-producer just released OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES. Rock critic Ken Tucker finds an undercurrent of serenity in the organized chaos of SOPHIE's playful brand of noise pop.
Andy Biskin And 16 Tons Revisit 'Songs From The Alan Lomax Collection'
Early in his career, clarinetist Andy Biskin worked as an assistant to the folklorist Alan Lomax. Biskin's new album features new settings of songs drawn from Lomax's The Folk Songs of North America.
The Art Of Resistance: Judy Collins Shares A Song For The "Dreamers"
Collins is no stranger to protest songs. The storied folk singer weighs in on the current immigration debate with a personal, new song.
First Listen: Death Cab For Cutie, 'Thank You For Today'
On the band's ninth album, Ben Gibbard addresses an array of life's aftermaths, set against propulsive arrangements that know just when to sparkle and sway.
New Music Highlights Show Nuances Of Identity
Summer's almost over so we present new sounds and three premieres from upcoming albums.
First Listen: Trevor Powers, 'Mulberry Violence'
The solo debut from the Youth Lagoon frontman sounds like nothing Trevor Powers has made yet — gorgeous and ornate while bleakly unsettling.
First Listen: Roy Montgomery, 'Suffuse'
Roy Montgomery's ambient guitar symphonies foreground the voices of Circuit Des Yeux's Haley Fohr, Julianna Barwick, Grouper's Liz Harris and others.
'Hive Mind' Mixes Funk, Disco And Neo-Soul, Courtesy Of The Internet
The quintet known as The Internet emerged from the Los Angeles music collective Odd Future. Ken Tucker says their fourth album offers "music for modern lovers who are too smart to settle for less."