Over three years after her international breakthrough with debut album Speak Your Mind, British pop star Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (who goes by Anne-Marie) is back with her sophomore effort, Therapy. Following in the vein of the hyper and upbeat dance-pop tracks that launched previous singles like “Friends” and “2002”…

The singular career of folksinger David Crosby is, by and large, defined by his hippie coterie. Coming up and partying with many of the biggest names in the West Coast folk scene—such as Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Grace Slick, and Jerry Garcia, to name a few—Crosby seemed to belong.…

Nearly two decades into his music career, singer-songwriter Joshua Radin is back with his ninth studio album, The Ghost and the Wall, which once again showcases the pairing of his distinct vocals and folky guitar patterns. This time, the singer best known for “I’d Rather Be With You”  takes…

Legendary Southern California punk rockers Descendents‘ eighth studio album, 9th & Walnut, shows they still have the same thrashy, proto-skate and pop-punk energy from their early days. This album is an interesting specimen among the band’s sporadic releases, as the songs were written between 1977 and 1980 and recorded over two…

Simply put, Leon Bridges has one of those voices that is just plain beautiful and works in any situation. From appearances in “Big Little Lies” as Reese Witherspoon explains her fracturing marriage to her daughter through the lyrics and medley of “River,” to “Texas Sun” and its countless appearances on…

The new album by Jackson Browne is heartening for several reasons, not the least of which is that almost 50 years after touchstone works like For Everyman and Late for the Sky helped a generation of young romantics cope with life’s disappointments, Browne is still the master of crafting…

Australian singer-songwriter and producer Tones and I certainly makes a statement with her full-length debut, Welcome to the Madhouse. On the heels of her smash hit, “Dance Monkey,” which holds the unique distinction of being the most Shazamed song of all time (as of November 2020) and the third-most streamed…

Twenty-two-year-old internet sensation Clairo has grown from recording in her dorm room in 2017 to the beautiful Allaire studios in the Catskill Mountains, where David Bowie and Norah Jones have also worked out their artistic form. On her much anticipated second album, Sling, she worked with Lorde for backing vocals and…

“And after three decades it’s still a good hang,” the Barenaked Ladies rap-sing on the bridge of “Good Life,” the second track off their 16th album, Detour de Force. It comes 33 years after their first release. Known for their lighthearted, sometimes improvised lyrics and eclectic, evolving sound, the group…

By Red Drizi As K.D.A.P., Toronto indie rock outfit Broken Social Scene frontman Kevin Drew circumvents the constraints of playing in a band for his first solo album, Influences. At first glance, the compositions might seem like departures from the music he’s made with BSS, but it’s far from the first…