Dove Cameron wasn’t born yet when Edwyn Collins was all over alternative rock radio with “A Girl Like You,” the swaggering lead single from his 1994 album, Gorgeous George. But the Disney Channel escapee who had a great big pop-star … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Dove Cameron, “Girl Like Me”

Whatever else can be said about Phoebe Bridgers, she’s pretty damned impressive as a collaborator. In the shooting-star ascendancy of her past few years, it seems Bridgers has eagerly responded in the affirmative to just about every cool opportunity that … Continue reading This Week’s Model — SZA, “Ghost in the Machine (ft. Phoebe Bridgers)”

“in|FLUX,” the new single from Anna B Savage, begins delicately. The first minute or so is spare and elegant, like Fiona Apple when she’s trying to lure the listener into a false sense of safety. Then the burbling electronic beat … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Anna B Savage, “in|FLUX”

I’m glad the track starts with the drums. Although I remain among the truest of the true believers in Sleater-Kinney, I don’t dispute that the absence of drummer Janet Weiss has been keenly felt ever since she stepped away from … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Quasi, “Doomscrollers”

Look, it’s too early for Christmas music. I believe that to the depths of my heathen soul that we’ve no business busting out the carols and other festive until December. That typed, I have already declared my willingness to adhere … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Titus Adronicus, “Drummer Boy”

The new Channel Tres single, “6am,” is built on a anxious, post-house groove, which is perfectly suited to the song’s pledge of enduring through a long, hearty night of revelry. The repeated refrain couldn’t be more clear: “We ain’t leavin’/ … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Channel Tres, “6am”

In this week’s news, a great band remains great. This Stupid World, the next album from Yo La Tengo, is scheduled for release in February. Continue reading This Week’s Model — Yo La Tengo, “Fallout”

That guitar. It snarls to life so beautifully. Then the bass and drums join in, like nineteen-fifties hoodlums falling in line for a strut down the city block to signal neighborhood sovereignty. By the time Lexi McCoy starts in with … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Suzie True, “Backburner”

In the time since Caroline Polachek moved on from the breakup of her band Chairlift, it’s sometimes seemed like she’s everywhere doing everything. Her debut solo album, Pang, was released in 2019 to widespread acclaim, but it’s more than that. … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Caroline Polachek, “Sunset”

An empowerment anthem about rejecting a personal tendency for diminishing self-judgment, “Flip It” is a prime blast of Bleached. The single is grounded in a chewy pop-punk and spins on the axis of an irresistible singalong chorus, siblings Jennifer and … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Bleached, “Flip It”