Album of the Week: Tash Sultana, 'Flow State' November 5, 2018 From busking on the streets Melbourne to going viral with a live bedroom recording of the song "Jungle," Tash Sultana has become one of Australia's biggest breakout success stories of the past year.
Album of the Week: Low, 'Double Negative' October 29, 2018 Duluth's Low returns with 'Double Negative,' an elegantly woven soundscape highlighting the band's greatest strengths.
Album of the Week: Elvis Costello and The Imposters, 'Look Now' October 22, 2018 Costello is a guy who has done it all musically, from a T-Bone Burnett produced roots/country album to a collaboration with the hip-hop aces, The Roots.
Album of the Week: Cat Power - Wanderer October 15, 2018 Cat Power are back at the best possible time: during an fall full of melancholy feelings, Chan Marshall returns with her suitably melancholy new album, 'Wanderer.'
Album of the Week: Atmosphere, 'Mi Vida Local' October 8, 2018 There's no roadmap for Atmosphere at this point in their career, there's no hip-hop group that's been at this level of commercial success for twenty years.
Album of the Week: Metric, 'Art of Doubt' October 1, 2018 In Art of Doubt, Metric have managed to write a dystopian album for the current age. A time capsule of missed opportunities, regret, insecurity, and impostor syndrome. The apocalypse is here and guess what, it's all in your head.
Album of the Week: Prince, 'Piano & A Microphone 1983' September 20, 2018 In 1983 he was on the precipice of his greatest success, but he's still our Prince, singing and playing in his home studio in Chanhassen, into a cassette, for himself. And now, for all of us.
Album of the Week: Interpol, 'Marauder' September 17, 2018 Since their debut 'Turn On The Bright Lights,' Interpol has stayed true to their brand of modern rock that once felt like a more decadent version of their post punk and shoegaze influences.
Album of the Week: Death Cab for Cutie, 'Thank You for Today' September 10, 2018 There might not be a more consistent voice in indie rock by an artist with a career that spans over two decades and multiple Grammy nominations. On the new album, Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard sings about the changing landscape of home and reflects on the relationships orbiting his life.
Album of the Week: Mitski, 'Be the Cowboy' September 3, 2018 'Be the Cowboy' is one of the strongest releases of 2018 and further cements Mistki as one of the most exciting talents in music.