Lars Gotrich appears in the following:
Maggie Björklund, 'Lysglimt'
Friday, August 05, 2022
The Danish pedal steel guitarist's "Lysglimt" truly stokes the imagination's fire.
Eli Winter, 'Davening in Threes'
Wednesday, August 03, 2022
Winter's new song "Davening in Threes" begins as brisk, countryside choogle that eventually kicks up some serious dust.
Pigeon Pit: Tiny Desk Concert
Thursday, July 28, 2022
The folk-punk unit performs hopeful, shout-alongable songs about seeking freedom in the face of tyranny, exhaustion and everyday nonsense.
Maggie Rogers' summer mixtape sweats with sweetness
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Filled with pop mosaics, Surrender feels like a quintessentially summer album. Naturally, we asked Maggie Rogers for a roséwave playlist.
Big Rig, 'Crying In A Corn Maze'
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
"Crying in a Corn Maze" is a twangy emo take on the tear-in-my-beer trope, courtesy of the new solo project of The Courtneys' Jen Twynn Payne.
Chris Forsyth, 'Experimental & Professional'
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
The opening track of Forsyth's latest is a paradox of effervescent oddity and earth-rumbling gyration, featuring Sun Ra Arkestra leader Marshall Allen.
Kali Malone, 'Living Torch II'
Friday, July 08, 2022
On Kali Malone's "Living Torch II," distortion and feedback reshape mourning into triumph.
Linda Ayupuka, 'Daguna'
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Ayupuka's turnt-up praise music feels equally at home in church aisles and on dance floors.
Roséwave: 110 songs for your summer getaway
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Hit play and vibe all day. Roséwave is a lifestyle, not a genre, based around summer feels. To kick things off, here's a seven-hour soundtrack for your getaway or staycation.
Julee Cruise, otherworldly crooner on 'Twin Peaks,' dies at 65
Friday, June 10, 2022
Cruise's instrument, a voice of such intense calm it could be unsettling, made her a natural collaborator of director David Lynch — and, later, new-wave icons The B-52s.
Blondie, 'Moonlight Drive'
Wednesday, June 08, 2022
A new box set of rippers from Blondie is coming — and it includes this excellent cover of a foundational song from LA's most pompous rock band, The Doors.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (feat. Perfume Genius), 'Spitting Off the Edge of the World'
Tuesday, June 07, 2022
A reclamation and a passing of the torch, "Spitting Off The Edge of the World" captures a spark and stretches it into oblivion.
Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa & Young Thug, 'Potion'
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
With its lightly popped electro-funk sound, "Potion" reunites Harris with Dua Lipa and Young Thug for a summer bop that shimmers at the surface.
Mary Lattimore & Paul Sukeena, 'Hundred Dollar Hoagie'
Friday, May 20, 2022
The bleary and intimate track creeps at the corners of consciousness.
Mary Halvorson, 'Belladonna'
Friday, May 13, 2022
On the guitarist's first string quartet composition, she comes with a dramatic precision.
Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar and Lionel Richie are among acts voted into Rock Hall
Wednesday, May 04, 2022
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2022 class leans heavily on pop hitmakers from the 1980s, but also includes rapper Eminem and country star Dolly Parton, who initially rejected her nomination.
RLYR, 'Real Air'
Friday, April 29, 2022
A new track from the Chicago rock experimentalists features epic, headbanging riffage.
Albert Ayler made sublime music. The world was not ready
Friday, April 29, 2022
At his last recorded concerts, the avant-garde outlaw's seemingly disparate sound worlds came together.
Katie Bejsiuk, 'Onion Grass'
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Katie Bejsiuk, formerly of indie-pop band Free Cake for Every Creature, doesn't so much sing secrets as usher small revelations out of the fog.
Mizmor & Thou, 'Drover of Man'
Friday, April 22, 2022
A surprise new track from metal bands Mizmor and Thou summons a beautiful ache.