Bon Iver – 22, A Million Released September 30th, 2016 Bon Iver’s first album in five years takes an unexpected turn toward the strange and experimental. And, while I give kudos for taking risks an experimenting, it just doesn’t work… Continue Reading
Regina Spektor – Remember Us to Life Released September 30th, 2016 Remember Us to Life delivers stunning songs with intriguing unconventionality and her brand of pop appeal. Whether her writing is a little more accessible, or we all got a little weirder to… Continue Reading
Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch Released September 30th, 2016 Jenny Hval makes difficult experimental avant-garde pop music. Blood Bitch is the fourth album under her own name by the ever-inventive and fascinating Norwegian artist. It’s arguably her best to date,… Continue Reading
Warpaint – Heads Up Released September 23rd, 2016 Los Angeles quartet Warpaint have returned with a third studio album, Heads Up. An album written while often working separately as they balanced various side projects, and a near break up of… Continue Reading
Beach Slang – A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings Released September 23rd, 2016 Beach Slang’s sophomore album, A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings is a more than worthy follow up to their debut record, The Things We Do To Find People… Continue Reading
Merchandise – A Corpse Wired for Sound Released September 23rd, 2016 Tampa trio Merchandise’s second album on the 4AD label A Corpse Wired for Sound features the band back to their core three-piece lineup of Carson Cox, Dave Vassalotti, and Pat Brady. And… Continue Reading
Against Me! – Shape Shift With Me Released September 16th, 2016 Against Me! singer Laura Jane Grace came out as transgender in 2012. The album that followed her transition, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, was a sprawling punk record that was unflinchingly… Continue Reading
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Sea of Noise Released September 9th, 2016 R&B old-school revivalists Alabama’s St. Paul and the Broken Bones second LP Sea of Noise was worth the wait. The songwriting is elevated from their 2014… Continue Reading
Angel Olsen – My Woman Released September 2nd, 2016 Singer-songwriter and Asheville, NC resident Angel Olsen’s third album My Woman marks her return after “almost quitting music” following the success of her 2014 breakout Burn Your Fire for No Witness.… Continue Reading