Album of the Week: Foo Fighters, 'Medicine At Midnight' February 1, 2021 Medicine at Midnight sees Foo Fighters doing what they do best, laying down killer riffs and expressive drumming, lifting the spirits of us all. Listen for influences from the band's favorites - they love their fellow musicians, they love rock and roll, and they're just plain psyched to share that love.
Album of the Week: Arlo Parks, 'Collapsed In Sunbeams' January 25, 2021 Parks captures the sonic heartbeat of downtempo from the 90s with a new distinct voice that will make your ears do a doubletake.
Album of the Week: The Avalanches, 'We Will Always Love You' January 18, 2021 With their ears attuned to building songs for celestial beings, We Will Always Love You is beautifully constructed with sounds from the past century to help you dance into the future.
Album of the Week: Sault, 'Rise' January 11, 2021 There's a thesis of sorts to be found in the midway point of Sault's Rise. "The Beginning and The End" with the lyrics, "We shall reclaim our joy/We shall remuster our strength, through millennia/Bathed in the tears of a thousand ancestors, we shall rise." And there is joy in this album, it's the most danceable record of the four released in the last two years, but that joy is also an act of resistance.
Album of the Week: Fleet Foxes, 'Shore' January 4, 2021 A surprise release for their fans, Fleet Foxes' sixth studio album is one of the perfect headphone listens of the past year.
Album of the Week: The War On Drugs, 'Live Drugs' December 28, 2020 Live Drugs is an essential document of the War on Drugs in every sense, giving us a wonderful dream to get lost in.
Album of the Week: Arctic Monkeys, 'Live at the Royal Albert Hall' December 21, 2020 Live at the Royal Albert Hall showcases many of Arctic Monkeys' most recent songs along with fan favorites and a presence from the audience that will deliver you back to the live music experience so many of us are craving. From the frenetic "Brianstorm" to the meandering "Arabella," you're left wishing you could have been in the crowd but grateful to have this album to consume as we are all socially distancing.
Album of the Week: The Postal Service, 'Everything Will Change' December 14, 2020 The new live album recording of that 2013 10th Anniversary show finds the band has grown into slick and practiced pros. The pop and grind of the synths, and the harmonies of Jenny Lewis and Gibbard - sweet and novel after going so long without.
Album of the Week: Margo Price, 'Perfectly Imperfect at the Ryman' December 7, 2020 It's been nine months since most of us have seen a live concert. Virtual concerts are all well and good, but there is nothing like the real thing. In 2018, Margo Price triumphed at her homecoming residency at country music's mother church, the Ryman Auditorium, in Nashville. I sure would have loved to have attended one of them. Thankfully the shows were documented.
Album of the Week: Low Cut Connie, 'Private Lives' November 30, 2020 'Private Lives' reminds us that the chain that is America is only as strong as its weakest link, that we're all in it together, and need to rise together, as hard as that seems at times.