Dream Sitch, 'Sideways'
A languid, hallucinatory shuffle from Michael Nau (Page France, Cotton Jones) and Seth Kauffman (Floating Action).
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One of pop music's unreliable narrators offers discomfort. (But can you trust him?)
Four decades into his career, Lloyd Cole's On Pain finds this purveyor of guitar pop still exploring that hazy space where people question themselves and make excuses or promises they might not keep.
Caterina Barbieri, 'Math of You'
Contained within the circuits, sequencers and woozy algorithms of Barbieri's music there is a steady humanness to it all.
'Angels in Science Fiction' is the new album from St. Paul and The Broken Bones
NPR's Debbie Elliot talks to Paul Janeway, frontman for St. Paul and the Broken Bones, who says he used to dream of becoming a preacher — instead he's a singer-songwriter.
Amaarae: Tiny Desk Concert
The artist's Tiny Desk proves how far the sounds of West Africa have influenced the U.S. and, more implicitly, just how much the music defies catch-all labels like 'Afrobeats.'
The rebuilt heart of Jason Isbell
A decade ago, Jason Isbell gave his career a second act by facing his own mistakes. Can he help his listeners do the same?
Nat Myers, 'Yellow Peril'
The Asian American blues guitarist punctuates his message with finger picking that is as precise as it is intense.
Slowdive, 'kisses'
Slowdive's new song begs to score some cathartic afternoon drive down a mossy coastline.
King Krule, 'Our Vacuum'
The melodrama that defined King Krule's early work has been refinished in a lullaby-like hue.
On the easy-going 'Joy'all,' Jenny Lewis defiantly preaches the pursuit of happiness
With a new home in Nashville, the singer-songwriter's fifth solo album is a laid-back affair full of zen-like wisdom that lands as guidance for a generation.