Anand Wilder, courtesy Jo Zasloff. We’ve got a lot of exciting new music for you this week! Rock by The Sophs, soul music from Mega, funk by sullvn, folk rock from Wilby and Avery Tucker, dreamy trip-hop by The Night Tapes, country from The Band Loula and psych-pop by…

Counting Crows, “Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!” Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets! has been a long time coming. Counting Crows released EP Butter Miracle: Suite One in 2021. Originally, the plan was to make another EP, Suite Two, the following year. However, after singing on Gang of Youths’ Angel…

Jawdropped, Photo: Alyssa Soares. This week on Tuesday Tracks, we’ve got pop from Emily James and Gordi, rock by OSLO and Jawdropped, emo from Arm’s Length and Americana by Caitlin Cannon. Emily James, “Under the Influences” – This soulful song’s got serious Taylor Swift vibes; it’s about when platonic…

Lucy Dacus, “Forever is a Feeling.” Forever is a Feeling is an album made by a woman in love. Lucy Dacus has always brought a disarming honesty to her music, but her fourth album brings a new lightness to her songs. Forever is a Feeling Lucy Dacus Geffen, March…

Trousdale, Photo: Alex Lang. This week on Tuesday Tracks, we’ve got new pop tunes by Trousdale, Emily Haber, googly eyes, Jade Bird and Kaleah Lee. We’ve also got a shoegaze song from Panchiko and jazz by David Murray. Emily Haber, “Nostalgia” – Haber says “Nostalgia” is “a tribute to…

Nels Cline, courtesy Nathan West. This week, we bring you jazz from Nels Cline and Céline Dessberg, folk from Blue Monkey, country from Harper O’Neill and pop from CLOVER, Alisa Xayalith and Yael S. Copeland. Céline Dessberg, “Selenge” – Dessberg is a singer-songwriter and harpist of French and Mongolian…

Josh Gilligan, Photo: Emory Brown. Josh Gilligan’s new album, Party of One, almost turned out very differently, and might not have been made at all. The Florida-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter started recording songs in a studio with session musicians before he realized it was all wrong. Party of One Josh Gilligan…

“Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,” courtesy Disney. Excitement, eagerness and a little bit of fear; this is what the kids in “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” feel when they accidentally blast off their planet on an old pirate starship. But this is also how composer Mick Giacchino felt when he was…

DragonWulf (Eman Esfandi), courtesy. This week’s column has synth-pop by DragonWulf (actor Eman Esfandi), alt-pop by Leo Lauren, highlife music by The Cavemen, grunge by BERRIES, troubadour rock by Josh Gilligan and power pop by Ben Kweller. Leo Lauren, “Damage Drop-Off Site” – This dancey alt-pop track by L.A.…

Mogwai, courtesy Steve Gullick. This week on Tuesday Tracks, we bring you post-rock from Mogwai, Americana from Frank Viele and Gold Star, blues from Joanne Shaw Taylor, pop from Leigh Nash and shoegaze from Wisp. Frank Viele, “Trainwreck” – This rousing Americana rocker is about those reckless relationships that…