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Album Review: Squid – O Monolith

Regarding the creative process, Gertrude Stein said: “creation must take place between the pen and the paper, not before...

Tim Sentz·May 26, 2023

At one point during “True Life”, the centerpiece of Water From Your Eyes’ Matador debut Everyone’s Crushed, Rachel...

Rob Hakimian·May 23, 2023

It’s an emotional and physical wasteland everywhere you look. Everyone is isolated, the sky is perennially black and...

Throughout his career, billy woods‘ writing has circled around abandoned and liminal spaces. Hiding Places imagined haunted houses...

John Amen·May 1, 2023

With her debut, 2018’s I Love My Mom, and follow-up album, 2021’s Any Shape You Take, Indigo De...

Tom Williams·April 28, 2023

The thematic shift that has occurred in Jessie Ware’s music over the 11 years since her acclaimed debut...

Tim Sentz·April 7, 2023

I was in Savannah, Georgia a few weeks ago visiting family. It’s a beautiful area, lots of willow...

Rob Hakimian·April 3, 2023

There’s always been some kind of special aura around boygenius. The trio of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and...

Tim Sentz·March 29, 2023

After having a banner year in 2021, Sage Elsesser, better known to the world as Navy Blue, secluded...

John Wohlmacher·March 28, 2023

We are still afraid of death. It’s the riddle that has occupied humans for as long as we...