This year, I consumed plenty of music. 74, 595 minutes to be exact, according to my Spotify Wrapped. To be entirely honest, I had some pretty strange listening habits and I was apprehensive coming into this year’s Wrapped season (don’t worry, it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought). For most of the year, it […]

Hozier’s third studio album, Unreal Unearth is undoubtedly my favorite album release from this year. Not only has he been one of my favorite artists for the last near-decade, I also believe that he is one of the greatest songwriters of the 21st century. Unreal Unearth is absolutely Hozier’s most grand masterpiece and, in my […]

When I first heard this album, I was immediately transported to some small room in a house with a stage, listening to one of the bands opening for a friend. This album feels so purely garage-rock that anybody who’s been to a house show or has friends in music, will immediately recognize the sound. They’re […]

This year, Babe Rainbow released their fifth studio album, The Organic Band. This album is full of all the classic elements of a psychedelic jazz album and blends funky guitar grooves with ethereal vocals, a common practice in their music. The album opens with the song “Inner Space,” infused with a 70s psychedelic rock sound […]

The fifth studio album by the four-piece rock group “Turnover” introduces new sounds to the band and shows off their evolution throughout the years. This album is much more synth-heavy than previous albums like “Peripheral Vision” which relies more heavily on a garage-rock, borderline punk sound. Songs like “Ain’t Love Heavy” on this album employ […]

Since I wasn’t familiar with Melody’s Echo Chamber before, I was immediately entranced by the sound of this album. It’s not every day you hear something that so seamlessly blends the psychedelic sounds of Pink Floyd with the dirty guitar riffs of Jimi Hendrix, all with the ethereal vocals and mixing of Cowboy Junkies. Yet […]

Through this reviewer’s own fault, I ended up listening to not one, but two Soccer Mommy albums this week, but I see that as a positive. Sometimes, Forever is singer Sophie Regina Allison’s fifth studio album, full of female angst and ethereal vocals. This album juxtaposes light and airy music with lyrics about internal struggle […]

Listening to the new album from veteran artist Kurt Vile is honestly a joy. The album feels light and airy, like a summer afternoon, and takes the listener through Vile’s thoughts and actions, making the listener a part of the album itself. The indie-folk tones give it a very rooted sound, as though he just […]

Jackson Phillips began releasing music under the name Day Wave in 2015 when he released his first EP, “Headcase.” Since then, he’s toured the country with his traveling band and released an album and 3 more EPs, including his latest, “Pastlife.” A fusion of indie dream pop and new wave, this album evokes the sounds […]