Kacey Johansing: The Hiding
The L.A.-based singer’s third solo album softly grasps the art of holding back.
Ian King
Author of Appetite for Definition: An A-Z Guide to Rock Genres (Harper Perennial, 2018). www.ianfking.com
Ride: Weather Diaries
Oxford’s dreaming sons erase their ending with an album that is fondly unfamiliar and more rewarding for it.
13 Must-See Artists at This Week’s Northside Festival
Northside’s unique geographical situation and organizational openness makes it an ideal alternative to what has become the cookie cutter weekend-long concert experience in America.
Evan Dando: Baby I’m Bored
Overdue and unexpected in 2003, the solo return from the former alt rock pin-up still has secrets tucked between its confessions.
Helium: Ends With And
True to the title of this odds and ends collection, the ‘90s Boston-via-DC band finished in a place that felt like the middle.
Tara Jane O’Neil: Tara Jane O’Neil
Tara Jane O’Neil's latest could be the beginning of a fruitful Laurel Canyon phase or another stop on her singular trail.
The Jesus and Mary Chain: Damage and Joy
The Jesus and Mary Chain become their own context on their first new album in forever.
Pontiak: Dialectic of Ignorance
The Carney brothers’ latest album fumes with ominous portent but still holds on to the hope of a hopeless romantic.
Idles: Brutalism
The Bristol band’s unrelenting debut stares down the ugly truths all around it and demands better.
Dude York: Sincerely
The Seattle trio’s second album accentuates their comely power pop features.
Gailes: Seventeen Words
A chance snowstorm leads to a new project for two familiar collaborators.
The Paperhead: Chew
The Nashville band’s fourth album reads like vintage rock CliffsNotes.