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Album Review: Joy Guidry – Five Prayers

Ray Finlayson·May 16, 2025

Compare the monochromatic cover art of Joy Guidry’s new album with that of her previous and you’ll notice...

Comedy isn’t hard because it takes talent to be funny (any idiot can crack a good joke), but...

Angel Deradoorian is not going to let you put her in a box. For an artist that so...

John Amen·May 9, 2025

On “Make No Mistake,” from his new album, GOLLIWOG, billy woods tells us: “I told a few lies...

Stratocaster in hand, Michael Vallera sought to create a blanketed, grey world. Back in 2023 he plugged his...

Futurismus is, by far, the most interesting thing happening in contemporary rock music. As I laid out in...

On A Trick of the Light, Chicago resident and Houston-born guitarist Eli Winter jaunts through West Texas, where...

Todd Dedman·April 30, 2025

Deerhoof are the 21st century version of The Fall. For the uninitiated, they have an almost off-puttingly large...

Ray Finlayson·April 29, 2025

“Music is about feeling better, making other people feel better. It’s about solidarity; strength in numbers.” For Rebecca...

Tom Williams·April 28, 2025

Edgar Degas’s depiction of ballet dancers stand among his most popular and enduring paintings, capturing delicate movement in...