By: Jason Herring, March 29 2016 —
Prolific singer-songwriter Bob Mould may be 55, but he still knows how to rock. The musician helped shape punk music as the frontman of influential bands Hüsker Dü and Sugar in the ‘80s … Read the rest
By Emilie Medland-Marchen, March 29 2016
Lo-fi ‘90s revivalists Yuck return with Stranger Things, their first album in three years. After exploring a poppier sound in 2013’s Glow and Behold, the band returns to their roots with a noisy but … Read the rest
By Kent Wong, March 22 2016 —
Riding the popularity of their 2012 Grammy-winning The Heist, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis return with the long awaited follow-up, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made. The duo’s sound changes as the artists draw inspiration … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, March 18 2016 —
Aaron Maine doesn’t sound like he’d be much fun to hang out with. On Pool, his second full-length release under the Porches alias, the New York indie-pop crooner sings songs that simultaneously mourn … Read the rest
By Kent Wong, March 15 2016 —
Kendrick Lamar has established himself as a pivotal figure in hip-hop, releasing the highly-acclaimed To Pimp a Butterfly last year. Lamar considers himself more of a writer than a rapper, which is justified, … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, March 8 2016 —
Animal Collective has been a divisive band since the release of their breakout record over a decade ago. The Baltimore group refuses to settle on a single genre, jumping between psychedelic pop, electronica … Read the rest
By Danielle Kim, March 8 2016 —
The 1975’s sophomore album, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It, was preceded by a lot of buzz, including a cryptic e-mail chain leading … Read the rest
By Kent Wong, February 23 2016 —
Kayne West last touched our lives in 2013 with his seventh album, Yeezus. His long-anticipated follow-up, The Life of Pablo, is a thematically confused album marred by name changes and delays. But even … Read the rest
By Derek Baker, February 23 2016 —
Brooklyn-based artist Jean-Philip Grobler, better known by the alias St. Lucia, has recently made a name for himself in the electronica music scene. Originally born in South Africa, the songwriter earned a following … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, February 9 2016 —
Ever since DIIV’s exhilarating 2012 debut, band leader Zachary Smith has fielded a lot of questions about a follow-up record. Their first album, Oshin, was defined by engulfing guitar-driven musical textures. Smith, though, … Read the rest