We love the new Sade album, as today's review illustrates. Sade is making the rounds promoting her first album in 10 years with all manner of TV appearances...
On Letterman...
On the Today Show...
And the official video...
By the Book: 'Solid State: The Story of Abbey Road and the Ending of the Beatles'
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Sunny War and Edith Crash Head to "The Place" (premiere)
Featuring Edith Crash, "The Place" is the buoyant, wispy new single from Sunny War that's releasing ahead of her forthcoming album, Shell of a Girl.
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Lil Nas X's 7 (EP) Is the Work of a Canny Prankster
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Pixx's 'Small Mercies' Is Strange Yet Endearing
Despite the mostly upbeat nature of Pixx's Small Mercies, there's a dread surrounding its world.
25 Jun 2019
Guitar Wolf Is Still Loud and Fast and Hungry in 'Love and Jett'
Guitar Wolf, Japan's answer to the Ramones, has proudly kept their shtick going for 32 years, and the ravenous pack doesn't let up in their latest, Love and Jett.
25 Jun 2019
Do Canadians Think They're Morally Superior to Everyone Else?
Yves Engler's Left, Right: Marching to the Beat of Imperial Canada debunks the myth of Canada the good.
25 Jun 2019
Hannah Cohen's 'Welcome Home' Is a Portrait of an Artist in Transition
Hannah Cohen creates a musical space in Welcome Home where an exploration of identity is conducted with intimacy and vulnerability.
25 Jun 2019
Gomez Share Nearly Forgotten "Someday" from 20th Anniversary Edition of ​'Liquid Skin​' (premiere)
While previously released demos from the 20-year special edition, "Nobody's Girl" and "Throwin' Myself Away" would have fit perfectly on Gomez's Liquid Skin, given a little spit and polish, "Someday" is something else entirely.
25 Jun 2019
MetalMatters: June 2019 - A Month Full of Long-Awaited Returns
Slough Feg carry on their heavy metal journey while Darkthrone keep digging towards their proto-punk/heavy metal core. Baroness return with their most ambitious work to date, while Pinkish Black continue to explore the endless possibilities of synth driven extreme music.
25 Jun 2019
The Willful Child in HBO's 'My Brilliant Friend'
HBO's My Brilliant Friend feels almost radical for its raw and un-romanticized depiction of female friendship and resistance in all its emotional complexities.
24 Jun 2019
Black Midi's 'Schlagenheim' Is Technically Proficient But Emotionally Shallow
Like their namesake, Black Midi are a restless, unstoppable force that push their members and listeners to their limits in Schlagenheim.
24 Jun 2019
Retro Rock Duo Night Moves Charm with 'Can You Really Find Me'
In channeling greats like Fleetwood Mac, Todd Rundgren, and Neil Young, Night Moves' Can You Really Find Me is equally nostalgic and new.
24 Jun 2019
Hatchie's 'Keepsake' Is Dream Pop for Our Doom
Hatchie's Keepsake contains nihilism and optimism at once.
24 Jun 2019
The Black Watch Make 'Magic Johnson' the King of America
Many of the songs on the Black Watch's Magic Johnson explicitly deal with the trope of insanity, a staple of late '60s / early '70s music that declared that the only sane response to living in an insane world was to be crazy.
24 Jun 2019
Rewards of a Lifetime: An Interview with Dionne Warwick
With her new album 'She's Back' plus a GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award, Dionne Warwick remains a regal force among music legends.
24 Jun 2019
Ana Galvañ's 'Press Enter to Continue' Gets Weird with the Storyboard Format
Is the ghost-child forming pixel-by-pixel in Ana Galvañ's Press Enter to Continue a repressed memory, a government-induced hallucination, or something weirder still?
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