albums

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ mythology was built on abandon. Across Lower East Side dives in the early 2000s,…

Before ska, rocksteady, reggae, or dub, there was mento. The Jamaican musical style grew from an encounter between…

“The Nightmare,” the opening track of their new album, reveals the problem almost instantly. It’s built around a…

In 1944, around the time Woody Guthrie started writing “this machine kills fascists” on his acoustic guitar, English…

Ashe has dabbled in vintage aesthetics on and off since her 2021 debut, Ashlyn—a record you might describe…

Apocalypse takes many forms on Sigil, the second record from Sour Widows. Its songs are littered with black…

With little information circulating about the duo, the anonymity surrounding February’s Album only adds to its sense of…

Eris Drew and Maya Bouldry-Morrison (aka Octo Octa) live in a log cabin in rural New Hampshire, which…

The 24-year-old Atlantan eccentric Zukenee claims he’s bringing “authenticity” back to the rap game—except his whole thing is…

Melbourne’s Dylan Young looks as modern as any third-wave barista—baseball-cap clad, flanneled, poised before a microphone—on Massive Shoe’s…

Doug Dulgarian founded Julia’s War Recordings in 2021 to help his friends release cassettes of the cool music…