Count me among those who thought Sleater-Kinney’s 2019 album, The Center Won’t Hold, was utterly fantastic. I know the churlish consensus is that the beloved band misstepped in adopting some of the ideas proffered by their famous producer, or perhaps … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Sleater-Kinney, “Worry With You”

There are few things more insidious than the systemized retribution against survivors of sexual harassment who speak the truth of their experiences. When several women came forward to detail the serial abuse perpetrated by a British musician, he drew upon … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Solidarity Not Silence, “This Is Sisterhood”

Now that we’re more than a year past the point when practically the entirety of the live music business shut down, it will be interesting to see if there are discernible impacts on the release of studio efforts. Maybe Molly … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Molly Burch, “Control”

For some reason, I started this week thinking about Liz Phair. I wasn’t obsessively dwelling on the indie-rock icon or anything like that. It was more of a case that she just sort of popped up in front of me, … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Liz Phair, “Spanish Doors”

I have no interest in any guessing games around the subject — or is that target — of “Mr. Perfectly Fine,” one of the songs Taylor Swift recently dug out of her stash of previously unreleased material. Nor am I … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Taylor Swift, “Mr. Perfectly Fine”

It’s been a long, rough year since Waxahatchee released the exceptional album Saint Cloud. There’s little doubt that Katie Crutchfield, the sole proprietor of Waxahatchee, was counting on the subsequent tour as her true revenue stream. We all know how … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Waxahatchee, “Light of a Clear Blue Morning”

I wonder if it’s even accurate to use the term side project to refer to Bachelor, the new band formed by Ellen Kempner, frontperson of Palehound, and Melina Duterte, who performs under the name Jay Som. Maybe those categorizations no … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Bachelor, “Stay in the Car”

I have only the barest interest in the annual spring ritual of gathering college athlete to dribble their way across a bracket in the name of good fun and shoveling money into the coffers of a mildly exploitative national organization. … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Bloody Your Hands x Self Help, “Santa Monica”

Based in Melbourne, Australia, the band CIVIC has been kicking around for a couple years, building a strong local following among those who are happiest when they’re leaving a cramped club with sweat-drenched clothes and ringing ears. EPs have been … Continue reading This Week’s Model — CIVIC, “Tell the Papers”