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The Last Dinner Party and Florence Road at Franklin Music Hall, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. Florence Road

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Technically, Sunny I Was Wrong (New West) is Joe Pernice’s fifth solo album. But it could be his first—in the

For Stunt Drummer, the best moments often arrive when things shouldn’t work but somehow do. Much like the Portland, Ore.,

Mark Nelson’s extended excursion into the ambient afterlife began a few years prior to the unofficial 2001 disbandment of Labradford,

We all did a lot of things during the pandemic that we likely wouldn’t have done under normal circumstances. Brendan

Los Angeles can do a number on even the most resilient musician. For Chris Lost, his aborted late-’80s tenure with

Joe Jackson has never been particularly interested in mythology—especially the kind that suggests music absorbs some sort of magic from

Sometimes a small change can make a big difference. It was producer John James Tourville who came up with the

Scout Gillett spent three years trying to figure out a way to get into the studio with Stuart Sikes, admiring

It wasn’t the greatest supermarket by any means. But it had the best branding Fulton Lights’ Andrew Spencer Goldman could’ve

“Had It” evokes the Kafkaesque inertia of a protagonist aware of his own stagnation but unable to postpone the inevitable.

“Shivers” is a love/hate ode to Seattle from someone who seemingly can’t get enough of the Emerald City. “It’s a

A new archival release devoted to Bob “Slim” Dunlap feels less like a catalog tidy-up and more like a rescue

Canadian guitarist Ayal Senior appears to have found a second home in Tokyo. It might seem a curious destination, since

As a self-described “alt-cabaret provocateur,” Bridget Everett is like a mixed martial artist you never see coming, all bare flying

Glen Hansard and Margaret Glaspy at the First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. Margaret Glaspy

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Grateful Dead’s Reckoning at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester,

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Robert Plant at the Cathedral Of St. John The Divine, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski. Elvis Costello

The Young Fresh Fellows’ Loft (Yep Roc) was recorded, fittingly, at Wilco’s Chicago loft during a day off on the

Best Of Our Possible Lives (Six Shooter) finds Boy Golden’s Liam Duncan loosening his grip, embracing collaboration and expanding the