Category Archives: Music You Should Know

BRANDI CARLILE - RETURNING TO MYSELF (SAD GAY VERSION) If you were the sort of teenager that coped with their pain by loudly playing the saddest songs you could find, this Brandi Carlile album is for ...

BECK - RIDE LONESOME "A trance of sound and emotion" is how Beck is describing his first new album in seven years, Ride Lonesome, which draws on folk, country, and Americana influences for a dusty hor...

DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - LOVE It might be impossible, but try and forget the novelty of "Come On Eileen" for a moment. Do you like sweeping arrangements, heartfelt performances, and moments that feel ...

ALABAMA SHAKES - I MUST BE DREAMING The return of Alabama Shakes remains one of the most welcome developments in modern rock, and I Must Be Dreaming plays directly into that feeling. Coming together f...

THE AFGHAN WHIGS - SOFT CONTROL Few artists have aged as gracefully as Greg Dulli. Soft Control finds The Afghan Whigs embracing maturity without sacrificing any of the intensity that has defined the ...

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS - DAYS The Mountain Goats have a way of balancing the absurd and the emotional in a witty and catchy way. John Darnielle seems to be mining his memory for the nostalgic new album, D...

NEW RADICALS - "ONE NIGHT ONLY (BREAK LOOSE BREAK FREE!)" I love a surprise come back. Back in the '90s, New Radicals put out one good record with one perfect song, "You Get What You Give." They made ...

COLLECTIVE SOUL - TOUCH AND GO After three decades of alt-rock success, Collective Soul have thrown themselves an unexpected curveball. Touch and Go finds the band embracing a distinctly New Wave soun...

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN - SONGS TO LEARN AND SING REISSUE Few compilations have served as a better introduction to a band than Songs to Learn and Sing. Originally released in 1985, it gathered the essen...

INTERPOL - "IRON CITY" Interpol are a band that came out of the ruins of 9/11 New York. It makes sense that their first song since 2022 starts with them, "Alone in Central Park." It builds tension wit...