Fate & Alcohol was almost certainly not especially fun to make. Bands don’t typically break up after releasing their first album in seven years if everything is wine and roses — but for the most part, it sounds fun.
By the time the ball drops on 2024, the psych-tinged bubble grunge trio out of Anchorage, Alaska, will have packed an absurd amount of activity into the year.
Los Campesinos! prove on their seventh album, All Hell, that their well-earned longevity is an asset.
A critic can be a presence that builds a community.
Making things up is a foundation of songwriting. But there's a person making it up at the base of it all, pulling from life or reacting to it or rejecting it.
Attention Must Be Paid
An exquisite woman and musician tortured with addiction
Year of the Month
The Gorillaz’s dorky grandpa hits the charts.
Music Countdown
Our author's first annual countdown of his favorite songs of the year
“For once, almost was good enough” and “so much closer than love”: timeless messages by two essential records of the early-20th century
Year of the Month
Everclear's breakthrough album is raw, painful, and brutally honest in a way that few albums are-- and that their own work never reached again
Celebrating the Living
A composer whose music you've heard whether you realize it or not.