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On his first of two solo albums planned for this year, Jack White earns his eccentricity. An illogical fusion of blues-rock and carnival prog, this music is genuinely, imaginatively weird.
“I was inspired by country rock, 60s & 70s psychedelic, California and even bluegrass with everything being anchored in country. Bronco is all about being unrestrained." -Peck
Down and Out's creative strength is partially evident through its sheer volume. More significantly, however, it's how Geographer writes music that evokes emotional delight without clinging to just one compositional approach or chasing expectations.
Alternative rock foursome Grizfolk release their third studio album.. It includes a fan favorite from the band's live set, "The Ripple." Billboard describes the band's sound as "a little country, a Little Rock and a lot catchy."
This title is the first in a series of Townes Van Zandt reissues that Fat Possum is undertaking in conjunction with the Van Zandt estate. Originally released in 1978, FLYIN SHOES is now reissued.
Each track on Evil Friends is as different from the next as Portugal. The Man's previous records were from each other, which is to say a piece of a growing mindscape, and wholly a part of the group's tumbling fever dream.
Solange began work on her third studio album, during which she suffered a "breakdown" due to the amount of time and emotion she was putting into the recording process. The album features collaborations with Q-Tip, Kelly Rowland, The Dream, and many more.
From Bebe: "It's important to me that my music continues to recognize ongoing themes of vulnerability, the cycle of self-destruction and self-realization, and female empowerment."
Sixteen Horsepower's second album finds them at the peak of their powers- as their hypnotic, rustic country-rock ebbs and flows into new and unexplored worlds.
Holger Czukay and Irmin Schmidt left behind their careers in academia to form the influential group in the late 60s. Together with Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit and Malcolm Mooney, they recorded Monster Movie in a castle near Cologne in 1968.
"Every phrase, every word is attacked with an energy that commands respect. But beware, this young woman could take on the sweetest forms of a melancholy ballad and manage to achieve tenderness. At Last! Is one of the key soul albums of the early 1960's."
There is a closeness at the heart of Turnover’s aptly titled new album, ‘Altogether.’ Though it’s the first collection the trio has written while living on opposite coasts, the record represents the group’s most collaborative and connected work to date.
With titles like Step Down, The Other Side, Time To Rebuild, Omnificent, Love Age, and In Common, SFSE uses their music to beautifully paint a picture of societal woes, but also points toward the solution and a better world.
The band's sound is easily compared to second wave post-emo indie rock bands of the late 90s and early 2000s- a dense textured sound with multi-layered and heavily effected guitars as well as synthesizer, cello, and trumpet.
There are no other examples of a non-English speaking band (the group's language is the Gypsy dialect of gitane) with such a consistent winning streak in the US, where the group is the biggest-selling French act ever.
Bunuel's amalgam of angular rhythms, drum salvos, blitzkrieging guitars and vocals that sound more like threats than promises is post-punk, proto heavy and arty up the ass. Arty as in avant-garde noise.
"Her songs are heartfelt without seeming overly earnest, her poetry is plainspoken but not overt, and her voice is elegant but wrapped in enough rasp and sorrow to keep from sounding too pure or confident."
-Robin Hilton, NPR's All Songs Considered
This album marked a shift in the band's tone, striking a more political and militant vibe while showing Sly Stone's disillusionment with the promise of the '60s. At the same time, it was also a big commercial success, hitting #1 on the album charts.
Anything in Return serves as a tidy synopsis of everywhere Bundick has taken Toro Y Moi to date. So there's silky R&B, roller-rink pop, bubblegum funk, tasteful chillout music, all unified by a voice that's grown more confident with time. -Pitchfork
