By Riley Younger Angel Olsen tackles themes of love, taking a chance on it, losing it and expressing it on her fifth studio album, All Mirrors. The St. Louis native is known for her fluid and lyrically thoughtful melodies coupled … Read More >
By Martha Kowalski After many years it brings me great joy to finally say the words: Lauv has released a debut studio album. Since 2015, singer-songwriter Ari Staprans Leff – professionally known as Lauv – has produced dozens of songs … Read More >
by Shelby Len Brooklyn rapper Princess Nokia is no stranger to pushing the envelope of genre convention. She has a way of shapeshifting effortlessly between completely contradictory aesthetics, from her ethereal and futuristic 2014 mixtape Metallic Butterfly, to her … Read More >
by Sean Horvath Music has a tendency to focus on emotional extremes. Anything from triumphant joy to crushing heartbreak can be used as fuel in crafting a new hit album or single, and why shouldn’t it be? These are the … Read More >
by Izzi Bavis [NOTE: I originally wrote this in June, 2019. There is a brief reflection at the end which was written in February, 2020.] It took me back to riding the Red Line on a freezing February night in … Read More >
Author: Daniel Palmeter Album Rating: Girl Band has a reputation for creating noisy music. That may even be an understatement. Their 2014 release Holding Hands With Jamie was received as a hallmark in the development of noise rock. And after … Read More >
Author: Ben Farrell To kick off the monthly throwback album review series here at WSUM, we’ve chosen a record whose minimalism is its defining feature. Brian Eno’s 1975 LP Discreet Music garnered critical acclaim, and got him in the studio … Read More >
NNAMDI, Brat
THE EXBATS, Kicks, Hits, And Fits
SUFJAN STEVENS AND LOWELL BRAMS, Aporia
NIGHTMARES ON WAX, Smoker's Delight (Re-Issue)
WAXAHATCHEE, Saint Cloud