Songs We Love: Andrew Combs, 'Dirty Rain'
On the lead single and video from Canyons Of My Mind, Combs connects the environmentalist folk-pop of Don McLean with the dystopian mood-setting of Radiohead.
Music Reviews
First Listen: Chuck Prophet, 'Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins'
Listening to Prophet's new album feels like riding shotgun down some mythic highway with a rock true believer.
First Listen: Jesca Hoop, 'Memories Are Now'
Hoop's songs burst with ideas: They're as strange and smart and heartfelt as they are gorgeous. Memories Are Now further showcases her enviable capacity to surprise.
First Listen: Teen Daze, 'Themes for Dying Earth'
The British Columbian synth band conjure breathtaking vistas, exotic flora, and meteorological phenomena on its new album.
First Listen: Tinariwen, 'Elwan'
After the chaos, warfare and corruption of the past several years in their native country, the Tuareg guitar gods deliver a more bitter message.
First Listen: Miguel Zenón, 'Típico'
The Puerto Rican saxophonist's 10th album is a portrait of a band lost in thought with smiles on their faces.
First Listen: Quelle Chris, 'Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often'
The rapper and producer's new album is a humorous and heartfelt emotional journey to self-acceptance.
Songs We Love: Rome Fortune, 'Blicka Blicka'
Fortune flexes his influence on the Atlanta hip-hop scene with a plaid-on-plaid kilt ensemble and a surreal video.
Songs We Love: Half Waif, 'Frost Burn'
In a shimmering slice of indie pop, Nandi Rose Plunkett reflects on the idea that our geography cannot change our history; we carry our demons with us wherever we go.
Viking's Choice: Wooden Wand, 'Mexican Coke'
Wooden Wand's new album, Clipper Ship, flips James Toth's songwriting process: music first, lyrics second. It's produced genteel, impressionistic music that can stand on its own.