See Gulls: Curtain Call
See Gulls offer up another impressively expansive EP with Curtain Call, one that stretches out both its sound and its emotional impact.
Matthew Fiander
Wrekmeister Harmonies: Light Falls
Wrekmeister Harmonies' impressive new record, Light Falls, pairs down the number of guests and creates a central band, a smaller group on which to build a new kind of composition.
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Suzanne Ciani: FRKWYS Vol. 13: Sunergy
On Sunergy, the intimacy with which Smith and Ciani collaborate is striking, and the best parts of the record pull you into that quiet conversation.
Teenage Fanclub: Here
Teenage Fanclub sounds timeless as the band upsets the pure melodic centers of these songs with masterful, subtle shifts in layering and tone.
Nathan Bowles: Whole & Cloven
With Whole & Cloven, Bowles's follow-up to his excellent, cohesive Nansemond, he pushes in a new direction, seeking out new ways to tie an album together, wondering whether or not the broken can still seem complete.
Betty Davis: The Columbia Years 1968-1969
The Columbia Years 1968-1969 isn't the sound of Betty Davis finding her voice so much as it is the sound of her fighting to get out from under the shadow of then-husband Miles Davis.
Eros and the Eschaton: Weight of Matter
Weight of Matter is a confident new turn for Eros and the Eschaton and suggests that, now a five-piece, they're just getting started.
Christian Fennesz and Jim O’Rourke: It’s Hard for Me to Say I’m Sorry
The first duo collaboration between Fennesz and O'Rourke turns out to be a good one, but only when they give each other the room to make this sound more like a conversation than a shouting match.
Thee Oh Sees: A Weird Exits
A Weird Exits and John Dwyer's latest line-up mark maybe Thee Oh Sees' freshest turn since the beginnings of their In the Red Records era.
Merrin Karras: Apex
Brendan Gregoriy's first album as Merrin Karras delivers electronic music that feels sometimes classic, sometimes nostalgic, but always immediate.
Brice Randall Bickford: PARO
Brice Randall Bickford's second solo album is the finest of his long musical career. PARO relies on carefully built textures that grow more fascinating with each listen.
Mary Lattimore and Jeff Zeigler: Music Inspired by Philippe Garrel’s ‘Le Révélateur’
The duo's new album, originally performed live with screenings of Philippe Garrel's 1968 silent French film, is a subtly complex composition that works very well on its own.