Archive: 2025

Mason Lindahl has always been an artist who thrives in spaces between clarity and abstraction. His 2009 release Serrated Man Sound introduced his austere, fingerpicked style, while 2021’s Kissing Rosy in the Rain brought his music to a wider audience, praised for its intimate, gothic beauty. With Joshua / Same Day Walking, Lindahl delivers his […]

Listening to Toronto-based musician Beta Trip (known to his family as Steve Lewin), it appears as if the mid-1990s never ended. On Superette, his debut LP, echoes of Clinton-era alt-rock influences, from Toad the Wet Sprocket and Better Than Ezra to Tonic, are heard on nearly every song here. The layered guitars and emotional lyrics are a […]

Sad Dad Autumn is a rising Seattle-based sister trio (ages 11–20) blending dark folk, indie rock, and cinematic soundscapes. Known for their haunting harmonies and raw lyricism, they channel the Northwest’s moody spirit into music that feels both timeless and otherworldly. Rooted in a multi-generational musical household, the band crafts songs that explore grief, myth, […]

Led by their leader, the double bassist Thomas Julienne, Theorem of Joy is pioneering new paths at the forefront of 21st-century French music. These five musicians, heirs to European musical culture and its fusion, cast their gaze toward a future horizon. Theorem of Joy presents a captivating, diverse jazz genre that combines North African melodies, […]

Getting Killed, the third studio album from post-punk indie rockers Geese, is a pivotal release for the young band, marking the beginning of a vein that could carry the blood of their artistry to the artery. After cementing themselves as modern-day sonic trapeze artist with releases like the aggressively twangy 3D Country, and vocalist Cameron […]

Entertainment stocks are crushing it right now – and while most S&P 500 stocks barely moved this year with returns under 1%, entertainment companies delivered a median return of 17.5%. But that’s not a typo – the sector that everyone wrote off during the pandemic now leads the market recovery. Netflix Reaches a New Milestone […]

The fearless Neko Case has returned from a seven-year hiatus with perhaps her most fully realized album to date. Neon Grey Midnight Green is a title only Case could conceive, let alone the lyrics to these songs, possibly more intimate and personal than ever. She creates a universe unlike any other, and that universe remains, […]

Veteran recording artist and touring musician Scott Kinnebrew returns with “Skyman,” the newest single release from his solo project, Sounding Arrow. A full-length album, also called Skyman, arrives in early 2026. Over some 30 years, Scott Kinnebrew has shared the stage with a long list of renowned artists he admires, including The Black Crowes, The […]

Anna Tivel’s songs unfold like poems whispered across a room—delicate, precise, but carrying the weight of entire lives. She has long been one of folk music’s most poetic voices, a songwriter who makes space for silence, for breath, for the small gestures that reveal everything. With her new record, Animal Poem, Tivel pushes even deeper […]