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Don’t Forget Me Maggie Rogers (Debay Sounds, 2024) When Maggie Rogers became famous after the release of her 2019 album Heard It in a Past Life, she realized...
Brat Charli XCX (Atlantic, 2024) Am I crying, or is the lime green just searing my eyes? Brat, the latest dispatch from pop maverick Charli XCX, is packaged as...
Dark Matter Pearl Jam (Monkeywrench, 2024) When you love a band, it can be a challenge to write about them. I have seen Pearl Jam live in concert at least six...
Cowboy Carter Beyoncé (Columbia Records, 2024) Beyoncé is one of the few artists in popular music today who makes albums that aim for the heft and significance...
Prelude to Ecstasy The Last Dinner Party (Island, 2024) London-based indie/baroque rock band The Last Dinner Party makes an impressive debut with Prelude to...
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...
Phasor Helado Negro (4AD, 2024) Phasor, the eighth studio album from electronic musician Roberto Carlos Lange (stage name Helado Negro), was born out of two...
Goodbye, Hotel Arkada Mary Lattimore (Ghostly International, 2023) Harpist Mary Lattimore’s new album Goodbye, Hotel Arkada is six tracks of spacious...
Javelin Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty, 2023) Sufjan Stevens is the rare songwriter still wrestling with Christianity’s full emotional range. Without leaving...
