The Weather Station – Ignorance
Tamara Lindeman shifts gears on her fifth album as The Weather Station.
Singer-Songwriter
Adrianne Lenker – songs / instrumentals
Like Dylan and Townes Van Zandt before her, Adrianne Lenker is emerging as a songwriter who takes an idea and toys with it.
Owen Pallett – Island
Considering the avant-garde associations suggested by Island’s sonics, it makes sense to weigh the lyrics according to the same, progressive metrics, allowing that the words exist not as prose narrative but as poetic abstractions standing in for more universal meanings.
Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways
Bob Dylan recaptures the magic on his 39th studio album.
Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
Phoebe Bridgers takes a leap on her sophomore LP, Punisher.
Laura Marling – Song for Our Daughter
While there are moments with more levity, Marling casts this world with a haunting backdrop of striking stories and superb instrumentation.
Brittany Howard – Jaime
What started off as a leap of faith, then an attempt at a memoir, ended up as Howard’s album to date.