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…

Yola, courtesy Valeria Rios. This week we bring you Americana from Mindy Smith, samba by Rogê, blues from Larkin Poe, synth-pop by Zimmer90 and Skateland, soul from Yola, power pop from Crash Harmony and folk by Sunsetto. Mindy Smith, “Jericho” – Americana darling Mindy Smith’s last album was 12…

Sarah Kinsley, courtesy. Sarah Kinsley thought that maybe after college she would work in the music business, but she didn’t think being a musician full time was in the cards. Then “The King” unexpectedly blew up online in 2021, and that changed everything. Kinsley majored in music theory at…

Mondo Cozmo, courtesy. Josh Ostrander, better known as Mondo Cozmo, has been working on a dream, to borrow a phrase from Bruce Springsteen. When it comes to the music industry, Ostrander has experienced it all, from signing a label deal to being dropped, breaking up a band and going…