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Album Review: Jade Bird – Different Kinds of Light

Conor Lochrie·August 30, 2021

There’s a sort of Mandela effect at work when listening to Jade Bird: these expertly-crafted country-rock songs, weaving...

Tim Sentz·August 27, 2021

The rise of Justin Vernon, from humble folk-beardo from Wisconsin to ‘indie’ mega collaborator is nothing short of...

Chase McMullen·August 27, 2021

Shady Records, at least in its latter days, is nothing if not unpredictable. While he doggedly sticks to...

In any given moment in popular music history, and across all genres, there has never been a shortage...

Ray Finlayson·August 26, 2021

Considering there are 8.06e+67 possible ways to hear Megabear, the chances are very likely you have heard it...

Rob Hakimian·August 25, 2021

Lorde is in an ivory tower. Living in far-flung New Zealand, not wanting for money, seemingly without desire...

Conor Lochrie·August 25, 2021

When you’ve been one of the foremost figures in UK underground electronic for just over a decade, what,...

Records made in the midst of the pandemic showed us the impressive spectrum of approaches to it that...

Carlo Thomas·August 24, 2021

I’ll start with the obvious: everything about The War On Drugs implies a road trip, a journey, wanderlust...

Ethan Reis·August 23, 2021

I can appreciate when artists don’t take everything too seriously. For Angel Olsen, recording an EP of 80s...