Long Way Home Ray LaMontagne (Liula Records, 2024) Twenty years after the release of his first studio album (2004’s Trouble), Ray LaMontagne is comfortable in...
Author - Ann Christenson
Cabrini Directed by Alejandro Monteverde (Angel Studios, 2024) In 1946, Frances Xavier Cabrini became the first U.S. citizen to be canonized. “Mother Cabrini,”...
Back to Moon Beach Kurt Vile (Verve Forecast, 2023) If you’re not listening to Kurt Vile’s latest release, the EP Back to Moon Beach, on repeat, you need to...
Memento Mori Depeche Mode (Columbia, 2023) It’s hard to believe that the English band Depeche Mode has been together for 43 years. A Gen X adolescence not...
The Car Arctic Monkeys (Domino, 2022) The Arctic Monkeys’ latest album—their seventh LP and first in close to five years—shows the continuing metamorphosis of...
Ocean to Ocean Tori Amos (Decca, 2021) Some people can remember where they were when they first heard Tori Amos’ anthemic debut album, Little Earthquakes. That...
The Future Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats (Fantasy Records, 2021) You might think bearded, tattooed, perpetual-hat-wearing indie rocker-meets-soul...
Dark in Here The Mountain Goats (Merge Records, 2021) The sweeping new release by alternative band the Mountain Goats is infectiously upbeat despite its title...
Good Woman The Staves (Atlantic Records UK, 2021) The opening track of The Staves’ 2021 album Good Woman is so strong, I’ve had it playing on repeat for the...