Maeri Ferguson

What happens when you get everything you dreamed of, when you find love and a comfortable place to land? For Lilly Hiatt, a lot of loud guitars, fuzz and distortion of the garage rock variety. The sound of Forever, Hiatt’s sixth studio album, unexpectedly suits this current moment she’

Tamara Lindeman makes challenging music. It’s not meant to bring comfort, but somehow always does it anyway, just by ferrying to the surface the innermost thoughts that plague so many. The Weather Station, Lindeman’s recording outfit, has centered climate grief, coming of age anxiety, and an increasingly disconnected

EDITOR'S NOTE: Rose Hotel's A Pawn Surrender came out on June 7, on Strolling Bones Records. We're reviewing it now as part of a year-end round up of some of the best albums we missed along the way this year. Like the unexpected twists

EDITOR'S NOTE: Kiely Connell's My Own Company was released on July 19th on Thirty Tigers. We're reviewing it now as part of a year-end round up of some of the best albums we missed along the way this year. Reconciling the richness of Kiely

Staying true to yourself amid a changing world and evolving technology is no easy feat, but if anyone can do it, it’s Dwight Yoakam. Nearly 40 years into his recording career, the legendary Yoakam is still finding new ways to explore his signature sound—a kind of California punk