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…

Tegan and Sara, “Crybaby.” It’s hard to believe Tegan and Sara are on their 10th album. The twin Quin sisters broke out of Vancouver largely on the strength of their fourth album, 2004’s So Jealous, and have since gone platinum and won multiple awards. Their new album, Crybaby, was spawned…

Regina Spektor, “Home, before and after.” Regina Spektor recorded her new album, Home, before and after, away from home. She had holed up in a cabin in Upstate New York and recorded alone in a converted church, sending her work to coproducer John Congleton on the West Coast. Her time…

British trio The Staves‘ newest album Good Woman, makes one thing clear: It’s really hard to always be a really good person. It’s been nearly six years since the sisters—Emily, Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor—released their last album, If I Was, but the wait was well worth it. The newest record is…

Glasgow’s Honeyblood started as a duo in 2012, but after two albums, founding member Stina Tweeddale has taken the reins on In Plain Sight.  She collaborated with producer John Congleton, who has worked with both contemporaries Angel Olsen and St. Vincent, a pair of artists who share Tweeddale’s talent for…

Sharon Van Etten, “Remind Me Tomorrow.” Rock musicians embracing synths has become a bit routine, but a well-rounded artist like Sharon Van Etten can still do so not only gracefully, but transcendently. This New York songwriter has spent more than a decade developing her complex harmonies and intimate sonics,…

When Goldfrapp keyboardist-composer Will Gregory was 21, the Englishman left college with the notion of making his way to Los Angeles and learning jazz. The electronic musician, now 57, got in a car, and when he got back out, he was not in Los Angeles but in Berkeley. Goldfrapp…