Melodies On Hiatus

2 LP Pop/rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. is the lead & rhythm guitarist and songwriting member of the GRAMMY® and BRIT Awards-winning band The Strokes. He has released 4 solo albums to date, most recently the acclaimed “Francis Trouble” in 2018 which spawned the radio single “Far Away Truths”. In the 4 […]

Player Piano

Press play on Lanois’ captivating new instrumental collection, Player, Piano, and you’ll be transported, too. Each song here is a portal, an invitation to lose yourself in the moment and disappear into a world of imagination and memory. Lanois recorded the entire collection himself, capturing a series of gentle, exotic piano performances at his studio […]

Golliwog

Album of the Week: billy woods – GOLLIWOG (Staff Review)   GOLLIWOG is the latest album from billy woods, the New York-based rapper known for Aethiopes (2022), Hiding Places (2019), and Maps (2023), the latter two in collaboration with producer Kenny Segal. He’s also one half of Armand Hammer, the duo with Elucid responsible for […]

Would You Still Love Me If You Really Knew Me

FLETCHER has built a one-of-a-kind legacy on speaking her truth in exhilarating detail.She returns with her highly anticipated third studio album Would You Still Love Me If You Really KnewMe? Arriving July 18 via EMI Records, it marks a pivotal moment in her journey as one of pop music’smost essential queer voices—ultimately adding a whole […]

Heimat

“Heimat” = German for “home / homeland / native land” – a term that merely refers to a relationship between people and spaces but has nevertheless always been highly emotionally charged. Often misused, it sometimes causes discomfort, lively discussions and battles over interpretation. Maik Weichert (guitar) comments: Heimat is not meant as the narrow-minded end […]

The End

From Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer comes THE END: a one-of-a-kind tale set at the end of the world. Taking shape as a soaring musical, this TIFF and London Film Festival selection asks a resonant question for us all: what happens when you recognize that your life, and your family, aren’t what you thought they […]

Bleeds

Can a self-portrait be a collage? Can empathy be autobiographical? What’s the point of living if we’re not trying to understand all the horror and humor that surrounds everything? These are a few of the questions lurking under the bleachers of Wednesday’s new album Bleeds, an intoxicating collection of narrative-heavy Southern rock that—like many of the […]