Reviews of new albums by Omni and William Doyle. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Souvenir; Springs Eternal

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