Reviews
Lorde Melodrama
Lorde returns with an album about growing up and growing out of love, marking the experience with an expansive, exquisite set of songs.
Joe Marvilli wants that green light...
Paramore After Laughter
Paramore's latest album is an exorcism and a transformation, as the band takes on their interpersonal bad blood as well as their celebrity status. They do it all over light, New Wave melodies that revamps their sound, while staying true to their spirit.
Joe Marvilli navigates the band's hard times...
Big Thief Capacity
The Brooklyn foursome's second effort is more ambitious in execution, and first in which songwriter Adrianne Lenker begins to dig from past experiences instead of solely focusing on storytelling songs.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews...
Chastity Belt I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone
The Seattle foursome graduate from Hardly Art to Sub Pop on their third effort, a less playful and decidedly more sobering view on everyday ennui.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews...Features
Ardyn (Interview)
Katy Pearson from brother-sister pop duo Ardyn talks to Craig Stevens about how the band started out, changes to their image and sound, and the comparisons she has drawn to Joanna Newsom.
Click here if we are in this together...
A Brief History of Rock Writing
Angel Aguilar reflects on the role of the rock critic, and how music journalism continues to shape our understanding of counterculture in this age of smart devices and short attention spans.
Angel Aguilar takes us back...Features
René Clément
Admired by Hitchcock, Scorsese and Wilder, RenéClément was largely unappreciated in his own time in his home country. Find out why his work is ripe for reappraisal today.
Angel Aguilar writes...Reviews
20th Century Women (Mike Mills)
Strengthened by a sophisticated autobiographical screenplay, the film's poignant and warmly amusing scenes capture an enriching spectrum of resilient personalities in 1979 Santa Barbara, CA.
Grant Phipps regards...