On her fifth studio album under the name The Weather Station, Tamara Lindeman takes her biggest and boldest step, delivering the best compositions of her career alongside beautiful melodies that preach the calm of nature.
Category: Best New Music
Black Country, New Road – For the First Time
London band Black Country, New Road's debut is electrifying. With Wood's morbid vocals and psychedelic instrumentation, For the First Time accurately traces an unusual breakup.
Weezer – OK Human
Weezer's fourteenth album carries beautiful, well-crafted lyrics and an instrumental that plays between baroque and minimalism. It's their best set of songs in years.
Taylor Swift – evermore
Following the same folklore's patterns ― released by surprise and born from Swift's union with Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff ― evermore appears as Swift's most daring album, featuring atmospheric pop ballads and her first country songs in years.
Adrianne Lenker – songs and instrumentals
Big Thief's lead singer, Adrianne Lenker, releases two new albums, songs and instrumentals, both full of deep feelings, delicacy, sharp writing and a unique beauty.
clipping. – Visions of Bodies Being Burned
On their fourth album, the experimental group of Hip Hop, clipping., takes all their characteristics and ambitions to a higher level, delivering a responsible, unique and visceral project.
Bruce Springsteen – Letter To You
Accompanied by E Street Band for the first time in six years, Springsteen and his new album, Letter To You, delivers timeless songs cautiously written, loaded with deep feelings and nostalgia. In other words, tracks that were already born canonically.
Fleet Foxes – Shore
On their beautiful fourth album, the American band Fleet Foxes, led by composer and singer Robin Pecknold, reaches its highest point: sharp and intimate compositions with a sound that acts like a welcoming and cozy atmosphere.
Bill Callahan – Gold Record
On his latest album, Gold Record, Bill Callahan takes on a more intense role as a storyteller who traces detailed and precise lyrics and develops a sound that seems to echo from the world.
The Microphones – Microphones in 2020
In the new 45-minute track from The Microphones, Phil Elverum returns with sharp, vivid and intimate writing, telling his whole story alongside two guitar chords.
Tkay Maidza – Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2
Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2, the second part of a trilogy of EPs, is a fun, engaging and representative project that features well-written lines and a sharp production.
Fontaines D.C. – A Hero’s Death
With a more abstract composition and sharper instrumental, the second album by Irish band Fontaines D.C., A Hero's Death, is great, deep, hypnotic, intense and works as a kind of obscure energy that involves the listener.