Life is anything but simple right now, but we’re going to continue to push forward with Melissa Weikart's second EP, Easy. A follow-up to her 2022 debut LP, Easy is best when this skilled keyboardist allows the music to take the lead. https://open.spotify.com/track/5F2URRLomZu9CofuSWC0hm?si=0776763602e94c05 Filled with songs that never startle the mind, Easy is just that... Continue Reading →
Ethel Cain showcases the diversity of the individual with the follow-up to 2022’s critically acclaimed and beloved Preacher’s Daughter with Perverts. Comparing the two would be like comparing one’s bright-eyed kindergarten self with the bruised and broken present-day adult they now are. With her last record, the songwriting was placed in the forefront. This time... Continue Reading →
October 25th. During lunch, I listened to as much as I could of The Great Impersonator, the latest album from Halsey in which she pays homage to those who’ve inspired her throughout her three decades on earth from the gravel-voiced Jersey boy to Iceland’s favorite swan-wearing artist. Not more than a few hours later I... Continue Reading →
Lucy Isabel recently dropped an album that felt very much like a Disney princess, and while I got the same vocal delights from Cashavelly on 2024’s Meditation Through Gunfire - this was as if that princess realized the prince was actually trash. Cashavelly proves within the confines of 16 tracks to be a woman with... Continue Reading →
Who is ready for some delightful, airy folk music? If you raised your hand, please turn your attention to All the Light, the sophomore LP from Lucy Isabel. 10 songs deep, All the Light feels more personal than a lot of the music one hears on Top 40 radio. There’s a heart and a deal... Continue Reading →
The other day in a Facebook group for women in their 30s and 40s, someone asked if it’d be weird for her to walk down the aisle to “Kiss Me,” a song most women in that age range sang along to while rocking flared jeans and daydreaming about Freddie Prinze Jr. If she happens to... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Kevin Wenzel Making peace with one’s self, analyzing loneliness, and a cascade of chanting. All of that and more await below in this back-and-forth exchange with Tuelo. She is a singer-songwriter who has gone from rural South Africa to New York City, but her plans don’t stop there. With her eyes set on... Continue Reading →
There is one point in Survival in Motion where Taylor Acorn mentions an “out of body experience,” and I feel like I came close to that while listening to this Nashville-based artist’s debut LP. This doesn’t happen every day. A lot of really good records enter and exit my inbox daily, but rarely is there... Continue Reading →
Vagina Sing-Alongs 