Mong Tong: Mystery [Album Review]
Mong TongMysteryGuruguru Brain [2020] If you have been reading the pages of TFN over the past year, you have probably noticed more press on the … Read more
Khruangbin: Mordechai [Album Review]
KhruangbinMordechaiDead Oceans [2020] Khruangbin is the Houston-based group comprised of Laura Lee Ochoa (bass), Mark Speer (guitar), and Donald “DJ” Johnson (drums) and their third … Read more
Ron Sexsmith: Hermitage [Album Review]
Ron Sexsmith HermitageCooking Vinyl [2020] While I’ve practically made it a personal mission to bring Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn to the attention of American audiences … Read more
Hum: Inlet [Album Review]
HumInletEarth Analog Records [2020] Anymore, it always takes something a little extra to surprise us and on June 23rd, Chicago’s Hum did just that as … Read more
Joseph Arthur: Come To Where I’m From (20th Anniversary Edition) [Album Review]
Joseph Arthur Come To Where I’m From (20th Anniversary Edition)Real World Records [2020] In 2000, the T Bone Burnett and Rick Will co-produced sophomore album … Read more
Bob Dylan: Rough And Rowdy Ways [Album Review]
Bob Dylan Rough And Rowdy WaysColumbia Records [2020] At this point, there’s really no easy way to explain the unique place that Bob Dylan has … Read more
Neil Young: Homegrown [Album Review]
Neil Young HomegrownReprise Records [2020] This long “lost” Neil Young album was recorded late in 1974, two years after his classic solo, commercial breakout album, … Read more
JPL: Sapiens – Chapitre 1/3 – Exordium [Album Review]
JPLSapiens – Chapitre 1/3: ExordiumQuadrifonic [2020] The first thing you hear is the devil’s interval – the tritone being playing by a French Horn that … Read more
Thee MVPs: Science Fiction [Album Review]
Thee MVPsScience FictionEeasy Records [2020] It seems like more and more these days I need to look harder through my email to find some really … Read more
Muzz: Muzz [Album Review]
Muzz MuzzMatador Records [2020] According the dictionary, “muzz” is a transitive verb which is British slang that means “to confuse” someone, or make them muzzy, … Read more
Built To Spill: Built To Spill Plays The Songs Of Daniel Johnston [Album Review]
Built To Spill Built To Spill Plays The Songs Of Daniel JohnstonErnest Jenning Record Co. [2020] Who: Indie rock icons, Built to Spill cover 11 … Read more
Jaime Wyatt: Neon Cross [Album Review]
Jaime Wyatt Neon CrossNew West Records [2020] Over the decades, county music has loved a hard luck story, a tears in your beer weeper … Read more
RVG: Feral [Album Review]
RVGFeralOur Golden Friend [2020] Melbourne’s RVG have returned with their sophomore album, Feral, and it completely rises the quartet to another level. There has been … Read more
ICE: The Ice Age [Album Review]
ICEThe Ice AgeRidingEasy Records [2020] In 2015 Riding Easy Records released the first volume in their Brown Acid series (compiled by Riding Easy’s Daniel Hall … Read more
Jeff Rosenstock: NO DREAM [Album Review]
Jeff RosenstockNO DREAMPolyvinyl Records [2020] If you were to see Jeff Rosenstock walking down the street of Los Angeles you would have no idea that … Read more
The 1975: Notes On A Conditional Form [Album Review]
The 1975 Notes On A Conditional FormDirty Hit/Interscope Records [2020] By now, there are some constants that we can assert about The 1975. They like … Read more
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: Sideways To New Italy [Album Review]
Rolling Blackouts Coastal FeverSideways To New ItalySub Pop Records [2020] Avoiding the sophomore album slump is a monumental task for any group that had a … Read more
Dion: Blues With Friends [Album Review]
Dion Blues With FriendsKeeping The Blues Alive [2020] There are different levels of fame. There’s “one hit wonder” famous, and “once upon a time” famous, … Read more
Victor Wainwright And The Train: Memphis Loud [Album Review]
Victor Wainwright And The Train Memphis LoudRuf Records [2020] Keyboard player Victor Wainwright may have grown up in Georgia, as he suggests in the title … Read more
2nd Grade: Hit To Hit [Album Review]
2nd GradeHit To HitDouble Double Whammy [2020] With such a heavy world right now the sophomore record from Philadelphia’s 2nd Grade is the perfect dose … Read more
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down [Album Review]
Thao & The Get Down Stay DownTempleRibbon Music [2020] After 2016’s A Man Alive release Thao Nguyen lost interest in her music and the group … Read more
Perfume Genius: Set My Heart On Fire Immediately [Album Review]
Perfume Genius Set My Heart On Fire ImmediatelyMatador Records [2020] You get the sense listening to the fifth album from Perfume Genius, aka Mike Hadreas, … Read more
Kip & JJ Loui: Show Me State [Album Review]
Kip & JJ Loui Show Me StateSelf-Released [2020] Show Me State is a country rock/Americana love letter from songwriters and spouses, Kip & JJ Loui … Read more
Steve Earle & The Dukes: Ghosts Of West Virginia [Album Review]
Steve Earle & The Dukes Ghosts of West VirginiaNew West Records [2020] In 2010, the worst mining disaster in American history happened at the Upper … Read more
Woods: Strange To Explain [Album Review]
WoodsStrange To ExplainWoodsist Records [2020] Strange To Explain is Woods 11th full length album (not counting collaborations, split LPs, EPs, and singles), and the 99th … Read more