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Album Review: The Zolas – Come Back To Life

Ray Finlayson·July 20, 2021

Like so many others, The Zolas had their plans to release an album in 2020 scuppered by COVID-19....

John Amen·July 20, 2021

With her new album, Luminol, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Madeline Johnston, working under the moniker Midwife, hones the...

Ray Finlayson·July 19, 2021

Charli Adams has spent most of her musical career reckoning with her demons. Growing up in rural Alabama,...

Matthew Barton·July 19, 2021

“Though she is remembered for contributions to The Velvet Underground & Nico, her artistry and influence are often...

Jasper WIllems·July 16, 2021

Clairo‘s inclination towards subtlety and nuance appears severely at odds within today’s frantic attention economy. Claire Cottrill, a...

Ray Finlayson·July 16, 2021

Apart from maybe “Embankment”, with its deeply-worn sorrow and ache, there’s no standout single on Stephen Fretwell‘s new...

Tim Sentz·July 15, 2021

For almost 20 years now, NYC’s A Place to Bury Strangers have carried the noise-rock torch that was...

Jasper WIllems·July 14, 2021

Mythopoetics is a record of forward momentum. Decidedly so, even. Like roots beneath a tree, these songs burrow...

Chase McMullen·July 13, 2021

Every now and again – however rarely – an artist makes a leap, an evolution, so fully realized...

Ray Finlayson·July 12, 2021

If you didn’t know that Giovanni Carnuccio III was a drummer, then you sure as hell will know...