Shawna Virago: Heaven Sent Delinquent
Shawna Virago Heaven Sent Delinquent (Tranimal Records) Transgender music pioneer and cult solo acoustic artist Shawna Virago’s new studio album Heaven Sent Delinquent is simply brilliant. It’s great when you hear someone basically just singing along to a well-played acoustic who has something truly worth saying. Virago manages a seemingly raw More...
Jidenna: The Chief
Jidenna The Chief (Wondaland Records/Epic) Jidenna shouldn’t only be a name, but a description of a style. Jidenna, who grew up partially in Nigeria to a mother who worked as an accountant and a father who was More...
Sam Levin: Frame of Mind
Sam Levin Frame of Mind (Clarence Productions) Opening with a spritey, arpeggiated guitar sound, synth strings, and splashy hits, “Everything’s Okay” assures us that maybe everything really is ok for Sam More...
Father John Misty: Pure Comedy
Father John Misty Pure Comedy (Sub Pop) It would be impossible for me to write about his new album Pure Comedy without first discussing Father John Misty himself. For those of you only roughly familiar with him, More...
Honey West: Bad Old World
Honey West Bad Old World (Readout Records) A smart, sly lyric infuses opener “The September Issue” and pretty much pushes all the guitars, bass, drum and vocal gems on Honey West’s debut, Bad Old World. The More...
Deep Purple: Infinite
Deep Purple Infinite (Edel Germany) Infinite, the 20th studio album by Deep Purple, has lots of those old D.P. touchstones we have come to love. Opening with an over-the-top spoken intro into the trite lyrics of More...
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Live From the Fox Oakland
Tedeschi Trucks Band Live From the Fox Oakland (Fantasy Records) Tedeschi Trucks Band shows off their skills with their second live album Live From the Fox Oakland. Having seen them three times in the past few More...
January Zero: The Long Radio Silence
January Zero The Long Radio Silence (self-released) January Zero, a musical collective created by multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter/producer Gareth Phillips, presents its latest, The Long Radio Silence. The More...
Aimee Mann: Mental Illness
Aimee Mann Mental Illness (SuperEgo Records) Aimee Mann returns with her 9th solo album, Mental Illness, a collection of low-key songs chock-full of her lyric writing mastery. The songs capture the low points of More...
Jethro Tull: The String Quartets
Jethro Tull The String Quartets (BMG) The mighty Jethro Tull has sold more than 60 million copies of 30 albums worldwide, has performed more than 3,000 concerts in 40 countries, and is still going strong under More...
