Category: BEST OF 2015

Despite having reformed six years ago to play occasional live gigs, the prospect of an entire album’s worth of new

I’ve spent a lot of time in the U.K. over the years, but I’ve never been to Sheffield. Having also

In the wild—that is, onstage, their preferred habitat—Screaming Females are a force of nature. Driven by Marissa Paternoster’s intimidating guitar

Dan Bejar has evolved from being a cranky, brilliant word guy to a sophisticated, brilliant bandleader, and the ch-ch-changes have

The reason Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress is one of the best albums of 2015 begins three minutes and 15

I'd like to tell you how good the words are on Don’t Weigh Down The Light. After all, both on

No one calls Steve Miller the space cowboy, but they might say it about Kurt Vile. His midnight rambles on

Divorce albums are not rare. Dylan, Springsteen, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, George Jones and Tammy Wynette (separately), and Richard and

There’s a devout sect of Belle And Sebastian devotees who still feel betrayed by the departure of founding members Stuart

Jason Isbell’s fifth solo album—and his second since kicking booze—has the bones of a fairly conventional singer/ songwriter outing. It’s

Did you ever have That Hilarious Friend (you know the one—off color jokes at inappropriate moments, lampshade-on-head drunk antics, their