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Oct 12, 2023 | 
allmusic.com | Heather Phares
Land of Talk AllMusic Rating 8 User Ratings (0) Your Rating Overview ↓ User Reviews ↓ Releases ↓ Similar Albums ↓ With Performances, Land of Talk's Elizabeth Powell delivers a powerful reminder that not all cathartic music is loud. Instead of turning up the volume, they lean into the openness that has defined their songwriting since Life After Youth to explore their reality as a non-binary artist.
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
allmusic.com | Heather Phares
Vanishing Twin AllMusic Rating 8 User Ratings (0) Your Rating Overview ↓ User Reviews ↓ Releases ↓ Similar Albums ↓ Vanishing Twin have never been afraid of change, but on Afternoon X, they undertake a radical metamorphosis. Down to the lineup of Cathy Lucas, Valentina Magaletti, and Susumu Mukai, the band also does away with the overt concepts of their previous work.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
allmusic.com | Heather Phares
Oneohtrix Point Never AllMusic Rating 9 User Ratings (0) Your Rating Overview ↓ User Reviews ↓ Releases ↓ Similar Albums ↓ Again followed a string of projects that put Oneohtrix Point Never's Daniel Lopatin at the forefront of pop culture.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
allmusic.com | Heather Phares
Blonde Redhead AllMusic Rating 8 User Ratings (0) Your Rating Overview ↓ User Reviews ↓ Releases ↓ Similar Albums ↓ On Penny Sparkle and Barragán, Blonde Redhead sounded so ephemeral that the music seemed ready to evaporate in an instant. On Sit Down for Dinner, however, the trio bring their quintessentially elegant, mysterious music down to earth.
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Sep 22, 2023 | 
allmusic.com | Heather Phares
Swedish fiddler and bagpipe player Per Gudmundson borrows from the traditional music of his homeland and the contemporary, improvisational nature of jazz to create a distinctive sound, whether as a member… Read Full Biography Biography ↓ Discography ↓ Songs ↓ Swedish fiddler and bagpipe player Per Gudmundson borrows from the traditional music of his homeland and the contemporary, improvisational nature of jazz to create a distinctive sound, whether as a member of the Nordic jazz trio Frifot...
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Sep 7, 2023 | 
allmusic.com | Heather Phares
Sparklehorse AllMusic Rating 9 User Ratings (0) Your Rating Overview ↓ User Reviews ↓ Releases ↓ Similar Albums ↓ When the family of Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous discovered his uncompleted fifth album in the archive of recordings he left behind after his death in 2010, they had a difficult decision to make: Should they leave it as-is, or finish and release it?
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Sep 7, 2023 | 
allmusic.com | Heather Phares
Olivia Rodrigo AllMusic Rating 9 User Ratings (0) Your Rating Overview ↓ User Reviews ↓ Releases ↓ Similar Albums ↓ The meteoric rise Olivia Rodrigo experienced after Sour would have been thrilling and challenging for any artist, but navigating the cusp of adolescence and adulthood at the same time gave her a bounty of material for her second album. GUTS reveals that she didn't crumble under expectations -- instead, she took notes.
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Sep 7, 2023 | 
allmusic.com | Heather Phares
Carly Rae Jepsen AllMusic Rating 8 User Ratings (0) Your Rating Overview ↓ User Reviews ↓ Releases ↓ Similar Albums ↓ The companion albums Carly Rae Jepsen issues shortly after her major releases don't just give her fans more music to love -- they let her go beyond the boundaries of the works that spawned them. On The Loveliest Time, she turns the title of The Loneliest Time, and its heartache, on its head.
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Sep 7, 2023 | 
allmusic.com | Heather Phares
Romy AllMusic Rating 8 User Ratings (0) Your Rating Overview ↓ User Reviews ↓ Releases ↓ Similar Albums ↓ With the xx, Romy Madley Croft helped give heartfelt guitar pop a sleek electronic backbone. On her debut album as Romy, she delivers dance and pop music with singer/songwriter depth and vulnerability.
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Aug 31, 2023 | 
allmusic.com | Heather Phares
In the years following their 2012 blockbuster single "I Love It," Icona Pop's Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt were a constant blur of activity, playing shows and cranking out singles, EPs, and collaborations until the COVID-19 global pandemic forced them to take a break. Holed up in Stockholm, they enjoyed the quiet (and new motherhood) but missed the stage and the clubs, so they created a virtual nightlife space that evolved into Club Romantech.
