Music
Review: The Horse — The Horse
The Horse combines the styles of folk, ambient and chamber music to create a sound that is somehow both comforting and disquieting. … read more
Review: Dry Cleaning — Secret Love
Secret Love, is a stunner. Vocalist Florence Shaw talk/sings in a delicious, deadpan and direct style, around her stream of consciousness. … read more
Review: A$AP Rocky — Don’t Be Dumb
Friendly fire with fake arms and the following drama that ensues is what sets the tone for this piece. … read more
Review: Zach Bryan — With Heaven on Top
The record is Bryan’s messiest. He’s all over the place in the perfect way. He oscillates between gentle and upbeat, never sitting still long enough to process. … read more
Review: Florence + the Machine — Everybody Scream
Florence + the Machine’s Everybody Scream is full of breathless pleas, praying and preaching from the realms of reality and depths of imagination meld together. … read more
Review: LANY — Soft
This album is precious. Like the title track and opener say, it is soft. It’s delicate. It’s a little hard to listen to if you aren’t in the throes of romance. … read more
Review: The Last Dinner Party — From The Pyre
From The Pyre refreshingly deters from the concept of digestibility. It is not interested in telling you how to feel while listening; it simply allows you to feel it. … read more
Review: Melody’s Echo Chamber — Unclouded
Melody’s Echo Chamber is the musical project of French musician Melody Prochet. Her latest album Unclouded is a shock to the senses. … read more
Review: Thien Dragon — CHAOS GARDEN
With low-poly graphics, dreamy pinks and purples and video game references, Thien Dragon’s world is a fun, playful adventure that lets you release your stress. … read more
Review: Lily Allen — West End Girl
My heart truly belongs to the pop girlies of the early 2000s and among the most underrated is Lily Allen. Post-90s, there was a sudden wave of women musicians. … read more
Review: Portugal. The Man — SHISH
If any band can pivot with confidence, it is Portugal. The Man. SHISH plays as both a reckoning and a renewal. It is lean, loud and full of character. … read more
Review: Aesop Rock – I Heard It’s A Mess There Too
Aesop Rock said in a press release, “The phrase ‘I Heard It’s A Mess There Too’ started as a lyric, but it got its hooks in me soon after.” … read more
