Nina Winder-Lind Is Prophetic on ‘Wild Love’
That you feel more alive after listening to Nina Winder-Lind’s album is a testament to life. Yes, Wild Love is for all generations of women, but, equally, it speaks to the now.
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Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien Embraces Poetry and Prog Rock
An artist’s work is their own to paint. Blue Morpho sounds like the beginning of an impressive solo journey for Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien.
Jenny on Holiday’s ‘Quicksand Heart’ Is As Good As Pop Gets
Let’s Eat Grandma’s Jenny on Holiday captures love’s emotions on an intimate, confessional record wrapped in a glossy, pretty synthpop package.
Sparks Refuse to Sit on Their Laurels with ‘Mad!’
Sparks maintain a sophistication that stands up with older work, complete with a production sheen, giving their idiosyncratic backdrop a contemporary flavor.
KOKOKO! Electrify on the Intensely Innovative ‘Butu’
KOKOKO!’s Butu is full of heat and movement, from the traffic sounds that start the opening track “Butu Ezo Ya” to the final claps of razor-sharp “Salaka Bien”.
SOPHIE’s ‘OIL OF EVERY PEARL’s UN-INSIDES’ Advances Pop Music As an Expression of the Marginalized
SOPHIE's debut album OIL OF EVERY PEARL's UN-INSIDES plays with pop motifs, not as parody, but to create the catchiest form of self expression.