Music That Takes Me Places
JESSIE MURPH, THAT AIN'T NO MAN THAT'S THE DEVIL
Pop
Jessie Murph’s That Ain’t No Man That’s The Devil shows off her strong, fierce, and captivating voice, unfiltered storytelli…
Read moreCaroline Polachek, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Pop Art
I remember the first time I heard Caroline Polachek's voice. It was on Chairlift's 2012 sophomore album Something. A…
Read moreBUTCH WALKER...AS GLENN
Singer-Songwriter
Billy Joel, Boz Scaggs, Elton John, Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, a little John Melloncamp...'Glen' channels them al…
Read moreAURORA, THE GODS WE CAN TOUCH
Pop
I have been a bit captivated by Norwegian singer and songwriter Aurora since I first heard her debut album, All My Demons Gr…
Read moreFinneas, Optimist
Pop
Back in 2019, Finneas Baird O'ConnellI released the wonderful EP, Blood Harmony. It went mostly unnoticed, which was not…
Read moreBillie Ellish, Happier Than Ever
Pop
A lot has been written about Billie Ellish's new album, Happier Than Ever, the follow up to her massively popular, criti…
Read moreFryars, God Melodies
Pop
Dubbed 'the Mad professor of pop' by Fader, English musician Benjamin Garret, who records under the moniker Fryars,…
Read moreAdam Melchor, Melchor Lullaby Hotline, Vol. 1
Singer-Songwriter
So you're a musician stuck at home for a year. What do you do? In the case of Adam Melchor, he committed to keeping up w…
Read morePicks Of The Week
Singer-Songwriter
The Brummies, Automatic World
Suzzy Roche, Lucy Wainwright Roche, I Can Still Hear You
I Don't Know How But They Found Me, Razzmatazz
Synth-Pop
In a year that has weighted us all down, I have been thankful for the a the number of fun, upbeat, pop and rock albums that …
Read moreAlex Benjamin, These Two Windows
Singer-Songwriter
I first heard Alex Benjamin last year when I stumbled upon his debut album, Narrated For You, which was released in 2018. It…
Read moreA Girl Called Eddy, Been Around
Pop
Sixteen years after her debut album, Erin Moran, a.k.a. A Girl Called Eddy is back with her very long overdue follow up Been…
Read moreRINA SAWAYAMA, SAWAYAMA
Pop
Rina Sawayama’s Sawayama is a bold, genre-blurring statement that fuses pop, nu-metal, R&B, and dance into something bot…
Read moreDUA LIPA, FUTURE NASTALGIA
Pop
Having no idea who Dua Lipa was when I first listened to Future Nostalgia, I got all excited that I had made some great musi…
Read moreREX ORANGE COUNTRY, PONY
Singer-Songwriter
English singer/Songwriter Alexander O'Connor, who records under the name Rex Orange Country, closed out the year for me …
Read moreWEYES BLOOD, TITANIC RISING
Singer-Songwriter
Titanic Rising is a calm and expansive album that feels timeless without chasing nostalgia. Weyes Blood builds songs with ri…
Read moreFINNEAS, BLOOD HARMONY
Singer-Songwriter
Blood Harmony is a focused and personal debut from FINNEAS, best known for his work as Billie Eilish’s producer and co-write…
Read moreON ROTATION
Pop
Lots of great music. Not enough time to write about it all...but here's what's on rotation for me right now.
The Lei…
MIKE POSNER, A REAL GOOD KID
Pop
In April, Mike Posner started a nine month walk across the country. In an interview with CBS, Posner said that his hope from…
Read moreANDREW MCMAHON IN THE WILDERNESS, UPSIDE DOWN FLOWERS
Singer-Songwriter
Upside Down Flowers is a polished and personal album from Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, shaped by his longtime love of p…
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