It’s not like Sam Beam needs outside assistance to make an Iron & Wire song sound quietly intense and understatedly majestic. Beam’s been releasing music under that name for more than twenty years, and he has never wavered in his … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Iron & Wine, “All in Good Time”

I want to be in that number when the St. comes marching in. Continue reading This Week’s Model — St. Vincent, “Broken Man”

After all this time, the brothers Reid can still make fuzzy magic. Continue reading This Week’s Model — The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Girl 71”

Francis of Delirium, the act the serves as a creative outlet for Luxembourg-based singer-songwriter Jana Bahrich, has a way with a washes of indie rock splendor. The new cut “Give It Back to Me” starts small, precise, and spare, Bahrich … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Francis of Delirium, “Give It Back to Me”

In a week packed with great new songs, the latest from Maggie Rogers stands out. Continue reading This Week’s Model — Maggie Rogers, “Don’t Forget Me”

A little drone, a little jangle, and a lot of indie vibe. Continue reading This Week’s Model — Joyer, “Star”

There’s a whole lot of song to “Lovers’ Leap” Continue reading This Week’s Model — Elbow, “Lovers’ Leap”

Sometimes I want a track that absolutely pummels me. Don’t we all? Continue reading This Week’s Model — VIAL, “falling short”

It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long since the last proper studio album from Waxahatchee, but it has. The sterling Saint Cloud was released on the last week of March 2020, which placed it directly into the COVID time … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Waxahatchee, “Right Back to It”

“Heavy,” the new single from Dublin-based band Sprints, is about being wracked with anxiety, which seems like one of sanest topics for a powerful rock band to howl about in this age and day. The deadpan singsong of Karla Chubb’s … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Sprints, “Heavy”