Album of the Week

Leave it to Mississippi Records to unleash this torrent of quiet gentle beauty.

While I haven’t seen director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s 2024 film, Evil Does Not Exist, I have a thing or two to say about the soundtrack.

Blasting open with more than hints of Machine Head lost in a sea of post-punk fury, Saya Gray’s latest EP is a ripping wild time.

The decade-long wait is over.

“I also think about that moment when you feel you don’t know anything and you are soft like jello and any fork can go through you. And ideas change and grow on that soft spot where there’s a question mark.”

Sometimes only dreamy will do.

King Hannah’s I’m Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me from 2022 elicited the most positive reader responses in the 10 or so years I’ve been posting a favorite album of the week.

Keeley Forsyth’s music reminds of me of Emma Stone dancing as both exist in a neighborhood or two away from the familiar while offering a far more compelling story.

I’ll take dreamy every time.

Portishead? Out of Season? If yes, proceed to checkout.

I missed slowdive’s Part 1 which began over 30 years and 4 albums ago, another gap in my anything but gapless musical experience.

I pre-ordered Jessica Pratt’s Here in the Pitch the moment I learned I could.

Difficult music can be a blessing. Some days, many days, the last thing I want to hear coming out of my hifi is the familiar.

On Something in the Room She Moves, Julia Holter’s latest released on Domino last month, she makes a subtle shift slipping into the beguiling.

I could survive on the music Adrianne Lenker makes for its warmth, kindness, compassion, and beauty.