Hal Horowitz
Adorable, confident, and self-assured define beabadoobee on her most mature album yet. One that, at just 24 years old, indicates she’s in it for the long haul.
1y
Am I Okay confirms that Megan Moroney is a young, spirited, frisky talent whose best work is likely ahead of her.
1y
Good Together concludes after a concise 37 minutes, proving that skillfully written pop, played by a collective with serious chops honed over decades, can be both contemporary and timeless.
1y
On Gravity Stairs, the current edition of Crowded House leaves you wanting more—or at least wanting to return for another go-round in hopes of untangling a few more of the alluring melodic and lyrical puzzles that lie beneath the collection’s shimmery surface.
1y
Like Prince ... Kravitz mixes and matches rock, pop, R&B, funk, and even techno into a brew boasting memorable hooks and catchy choruses. The tracks feel effortless and organic, if not entirely novel.
1y
The tracks, credited to the band collectively, are dense at times and often prove fairly impossible to untangle lyrically.
1y
There’s a theme of hope among the forgotten connecting these naturally melodic, easy-rolling, folk/pop/country tracks.
2y
Like its simple, evocative cover painting of puffy white clouds drifting by a window, Khruangbin’s music hangs and hovers, creating an ethereal ambiance beckoning the listener to explore more of their addictive, atmospheric sound.
2y
It’s a striking return to form, proving the nine-time Grammy-winner and recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee has lots more to say.
2y
The one-woman production preserves Lynne’s style yet dials down the theatrics to not quite garage band levels, making it one of the most successful outings in her ongoing covers project series.
2y
C’est La Vie is a welcome return for Madness, an outfit most wouldn’t have expected to deliver a project so musically or lyrically complex, and enjoyable, this late in their career.
2y
As a one-off project, this is an enjoyable romp, especially for Cat Power fans. Chan Marshall applies her stamp on material she loves, the live atmosphere enhances the enthusiasm, the audio is crisp and the show successfully accomplishes what it sets out to do.
2y
Another rollicking, rolling set of the 69-year-old Finley’s Louisiana-based soul, blues, and gospel-laced intensity.
2y
It makes for an intense, generally unrelenting forty-minute project; one that pushes The Kills into fresh musical territory, extending and altering the sound they have cultivated for the past twenty years without selling out.
2y
