Paula Mejía
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The artist's radically inventive new album produced with Justin Raisen plays like an apt distillation of what it's like to live right now. -
The film's dreamlike score, by the French duo Air, sounds the way high school feels: frustrated, isolated, fearful and hopeful all at once. Under social distancing, it's not hard to relate. -
Chastened since the turn of the millennium, the streaming revolution has now revivified the recording industry — at least, those at the top of it. What are the alternatives, then? -
Alice Bag was foundational in building what punk rock became, and her second solo album shows what it's still becoming.
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Vargas' ability to tap into the depths of the human spirit using just a guitar and her voice is exemplified by her 1994 album of original material and Mexican classics. -
The range of Sinatra's presence on Nancy & Lee, at times overwhelmed with love and, at other turns, defiantly alone, is why this continues to be a go-to for confused lovers everywhere. -
In the metallic first single from Hiss Spun, out Sept. 22, Wolfe is at her most commanding and climactic yet. -
Two Montréal underground dance mainstays capture the sound of your heart practically thudding out of your chest. -
Stetson's ability on the saxophone borders on the supernatural. Hear his forthcoming album before its release on April 28.
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A round of reissues for Mary Timony's old band Helium comes with a cleaned-up version of the "XXX" video, proving that the art of the moody, attitude-filled music video peaked in the 1990s.
