Tom West Takes Us Low and High on ‘I’m Livin’!’
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Tom West delivers tracks born out of personal lows and career highs.
Drown This City’s third EP ‘Colours We Won’t Know’ is essential listening
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsThe Melbourne quintet's latest EP 'Colours We Won't Know' is a must-listen for fans of all things heavy.
Crowded House Leave an Indelible Mark With ‘Dreamers Are Waiting’ LP
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsA product of 2020, the record found itself completed in isolation, though it feels as communal and welcoming as any Crowded House album ever could.
Allday Delivered His Most Unguarded Album yet With ‘Drinking With My Smoking Friends’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsIt's Tom Gaynor's most unguarded album yet, a landmark of breezy sophistication.
You Am I Are as Sound as Ever on ‘The Lives of Others’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsMore than 30 years into their career, You Am I have delivered one of their best records to date with album #11.
Van Morrison’s ‘Latest Record Project’ Is a Delightfully Terrible Study in Casual Grievance
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsHis repetition sounds less like the trance-like mysticism of a Caledonia poet and more like a furious customer demanding a refund.
Marianne Faithfull Bares Her Poetic Soul on ‘She Walks in Beauty’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsHer collaborative spoken-word album with the Bad Seeds’ Warren Ellis finds her reciting verses by Keats, Shelley, and Lord Byron, and finding new depth in the words
Todd Snider Processes Tragedy with Freewheeling Storytelling on ‘First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsThe iconoclastic Nashville singer-songwriter is at his best here when he confronts chaos head-on.
Julia Stone Breaks the Silence with The Stunning ‘Sixty Summers’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsA beautiful collection of ethereal tracks, Julia Stone's 'Sixty Summers' is a masterful step in the acclaimed artist's career.
Guided By Voices’ ‘Earth Man Blues’ May Be the Power-Pop Heroes’ Best Album in Decades
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsThe band’s latest squarely hits all the marks that make Guided By Voices great — again and again and again
