First Listen: Walter Martin, 'Arts & Leisure'
The former Walkmen multi-instrumentalist has made a solo album marked by its playful, loosely ambling, front-porch friendliness.
Music & Culture
First Listen: Benji Hughes, 'Songs In The Key Of Animals'
A master of commercial jingles, Hughes knows how to stuff his impeccably crafted AM pop songs with humor and heart, pain and delight.
First Listen: Saul Williams, 'MartyrLoserKing'
The singer/poet/actor/activist's newest opus is another slice of genre-agnostic, cultural agitprop inspired by a fictional miner-turned-hacker in the African nation of Burundi.
New Music From Ray LaMontagne, Lucius, A Bowie Cover From Glen Hansard, More
Our first new mix of 2016 includes a David Bowie cover from Glen Hansard, premieres from Ray LaMontagne, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down and Laura Gibson and more.
Groove Master Benji Hughes Sings 'Songs In The Key Of Animals'
The singer-songwriter plays most of the instruments himself on his new album. Critic Ken Tucker says you can hear a love for pop music in Hughes' silly sentiments and artful arrangements.
John Mark Nelson On Mountain Stage
The young Minnesota folk-pop singer performs a short concert in his home state.
A Group Of Writers Listening To Kanye, Awaiting SWISH
Seven of us share our initial reactions to the songs we're receiving as some form of preamble to SWISH with each other and with you.
Songs We Love: Pinkshinyultrablast, 'The Cherry Pit'
The Russian shoegaze band alternates thunderous pop and astral highlife funk in a radiant video shot in its hometown of St. Petersburg.
Song Premiere: Eric Bachmann, 'Mercy'
Reinventing himself once more, the former frontman of Archers Of Loaf and Crooked Fingers makes a clean break from his past.
What We Loved At Winter Jazzfest 2016
After wading through more music than one person can possibly see, here's how six different writers (and a photographer) remember this year's edition of a glorious annual overload.