Reviews of new albums by Lizzie No, Pouty, and Madi Diaz. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Halfsies; Forgot About Me; Weird Faith

Reviews of new albums from Nailah Hunter and Ducks Ltd. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Lovegaze; Harm’s Way

Reviews of Katy Kirby’s sophomore album and the Last Dinner Party’s debut. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Blue Raspberry; Prelude to Ecstasy

Reviews of new albums by glass beach, PACKS, and Chemtrails. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Plastic Death; Melt the Honey; The Joy of Sects

A fabulously loud debut from an Irish band and a spare but still powerful album from a seasoned singer-songwriter. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Letter to Self; Big Sigh

HOTLINE TNT Cartwheel (Third Man) — The second album from Brooklyn-based band Hotline TNT is a ravishing mudslide of revival shoegaze. Largely the brainchild of Will Anderson, a transplanted Midwesterner who wears the influence of the many Minneapolis maestros of … Continue reading Medium Rotation — Cartwheel; Spiritual Cramp

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Jenny from Thebes (Merge) — Now that the Mountain Goats’ main man, John Darnielle, has solidified his successful side hustle as a nimble novelist, it makes perfect sense that he’s embracing similar deep-dive storytelling in his songwriting. … Continue reading Medium Rotation — Jenny from Thebes; Black Bayou

BOYGENIUS The Rest (Interscope) — Let’s hear it for the boys. Let’s give the boys a hand. Carrying four new tracks like a baton they all grip, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus cross the finish line together to … Continue reading Medium Rotation — The Rest; All That Was East Is West of Me Now

WILCO Cousin (dBpm) — By the time a band gets to lucky album number thirteen, complacency would be understandable. That’s especially the case if the band has a songwriter who can evidently dash off accomplished new tunes as easily a … Continue reading Medium Rotation — Cousin; Silver

SLOW PULP Yard (Anti-) — Slow Pulp might be the only act that actively tried to preserve some of the limitations they endured during the era of COVID lockdowns. The band that originated in Madison, Wisconsin before setting up shop … Continue reading Medium Rotation — Yard; Bury the Lede