Dylan Barnabe
Cornfield is there to chart it all with care, understanding that the juice of loving is well worth the squeeze.
2mo
Altogether, Ö feels like candy: addictive, sweet, glossy; the ultimate sugar rush. While it remains to be seen if there's a crash coming, Fcukers are undeniably the life of the party.
2mo
Belong is a welcome addition to Jay Som's discography, and will undoubtedly solidify her reputation as your favourite pop singer's favourite pop singer. She weaves emotive soundscapes entirely by design, and it's nice to see her enrich her solo project by expanding its boundaries and inviting new voices into the fold.
8mo
Sure, the future is dimmer, and we're all getting more and more "used up," but the singer-songwriter finds solace in personal relationships. As such, Guitar is a more mature, wisened DeMarco.
9mo
NEVER ENOUGH is an open invite to be part of something and experience community. If that's not worthy of our continued respect and reverence, I'm not sure what is. Turnstile remain the ambassadors we need, and their latest album is proof of their lasting legacy.
1y
Send a Prayer My Way is an impressive and wholly cohesive debut that begs a follow-up, but it knows the uncertainty of the world it enters. Likewise, TORRES and Baker aren't here to necessarily fix anything or assuage your worries; they won't "be the angel on your shoulder," but they will love "all the way down to the last drag."
1y
He remains one of the few songwriters who can capture the indelible marks we leave on one another ("Good While It Lasted") with impressive verisimilitude, plumbing the depths of human emotion in a mere quatrain. Even at his most didactic ("Don't Be Tough"), he comes across as an old friend gently leading the way.
1y
Clouds is the product of being forced to step back and take stock of the bigger picture. Life is a pendulum that swings between extremes in search of balance. Porridge Radio claw their way to a newfound equilibrium by facing these emotional highs and lows, coming out the other side all the better for it.
1y
Snaith's work is meaningful, and it pushes music forward in a way that's genuinely exciting.
1y
Its infectious beats, breaks and bass resonates deeper in your bones with each spin and solidifies the album as one of this year's best dance records.
1y
The story goes that Alabama red clay sticks around, its residue leaving a stubborn, permanent presence. The Red Clay Strays are here to stay, their story written in a cloud of red dust that's far from ready to settle.
1y
It's not a stretch to preemptively label Poetry 2024's record of the summer for the alternative crowd. It's fun, fresh and doesn't take itself too seriously.
2y
Listening to Look to the East, Look to the West feels at once redemptive and healing; Camera Obscura have found their way through the dark.
2y
An epic claimstake of an album, a sprawling ode to Beyoncé's Southern roots and the vast history of Black American country music.
2y
A symbolic rebirth into the humdrum of living, Chastity Belt's latest asks that we move through the world with just a bit more compassion and humour — a little life, a little love, a little laughter.
2y
If you want a cowboy on a white horse riding off into the sunset, Stapleton wants you to know he's not your guy. Higher is not the album for posturing, pretension or lofty self-importance.
2y
Sit Down for Dinner feels like a homecoming nine years in the making.
2y
Beyond its catchy melodies and serotonin-boosted beats, the album finds its heart with the one-two punch of the brief "Mid Air" as it segues into "Enjoy Your Life."
2y
Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart is brash, loud, triumphant, and quintessentially Williams — her perseverance in the face of adversity is truly inspiring, and these stories are tales to live by.
2y
Though we aren't likely to see Williamson headlining a world tour or garnering legions of diehard fans like Swift anytime soon, she is cultivating a different kind of quiet revolution. It starts with the individual — trust in the metamorphosis, time is on your side.
3y
The singer-songwriter's fifth album ... is revelatory. Across nine tracks, Cornfield weaves a rich tapestry of quotidian moments — a drive in an old Subaru, a vinyl record to be played, a moonlight swim — with a gravitas that imbues the ordinary with the extraordinary.
3y
Rat Saw God is wildly ambitious and easily lives up to the industry hype — Wednesday have succeeded once again in twisting nostalgia and existential dread into a braid of bruising, life-affirming rock music. We're lucky to have them.
3y
Much like Angel Olsen's recent turn to country with Big Time, I Walked With You a Ways is a welcome addition to the genre and perhaps signals a new level of accessibility for other artists looking to make a similar steel guitar slide-over.
3y
Musgraves has never been afraid to take risks, explore new sounds and continue to evolve as an artist. Her latest release isn't a cry for attention, but a call-in to sit with her grief ⏤ our collective grief ⏤ and mourn the loss of something real.
4y
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