Rich with endlessly ringing guitars and gleaming hooks, this lithe debut is indebted to the gentler side of ‘70s power pop and ‘80s underground jangle.

Ezra Furman‘s third solo album is about youth, discontentment, and longing. A little scattered and with occasionally mediocre lyrics, it congeals into a fun, extremely varied, and repeatedly listenable album.

Matt Mondanile’s fifth album as Ducktails, St. Catherine, was recorded over an extended period of time around tour dates for Mondanile’s day job as guitarist for Real Estate.

This electronic musician’s debut is best at its extremes—“Don’t Make” is as gentle as “Margarita” and “Seraph” are dramatic and pummeling, respectively.

On her birthday, Angela becomes the unlucky recipient of a demon seeking out a new soul to corrupt.

Zach Burba leads a team of Seattle indie stars (plus an assortment of horn players and backup singers) through a sunny mash-up of pop’s last five decades.

Read the definitive account of the first two Isle of Wight Festivals, written by one of the festival’s organizers.

How we all love a surprise. Especially when the surprise arrives as the happy continuation of Wilco‘s remarkable run of albums which now stretches back over 20 years (and even further if we consider Jeff Tweedy’s earlier Uncle Tupelo output).

Watching Miracle Mile in its new Blu-ray edition from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, it feels like an unearthed masterpiece.