#Dead Oceans

AF 2017 IN REVIEW12 of the Year's Most Compelling Debuts

When you’re new to the music industry, it can be really tough to crack the top ten of a critic’s year-end list. Oftentimes, the artists with the most accolades are established entities releasing their third, fourth, or tenth album, having a massive comeback after a decades-long absence, reinventing...

Lindsey Rhoades

TRACK OF THE WEEKJapanese Breakfast "Machinist"

On a sold-out tour with Mitski and Jay Som, Zauner told me that her next album would have more of an electronic pop feel but...

Lindsey Rhoades

TRACK REVIEWRyley Walker "Sweet Satisfaction"

Fingerpicking patterns and Chicagoan Ryley Walker's slightly mumbled, yet melodic and crouched angelic voice make for his latest premiere, "Sweet Satisfaction." By way of Dead Oceans, listen to the some of the most amazing guitar work fleshed into a little over six minutes. His rarity is artfully...

Jamila Aboushaca

LIVE REVIEWHAIM @ The Wiltern, L.A.

After appearing at almost every music festival that summer had to offer this year, HAIM returned to Los Angeles for two nights of homecoming shows that were destined to be nothing short of a kick ass homage to the city that made them who they are. Lots of L.A. love was being thrown around for their...

Sarah Ramirez

VIDEO REVIEWBear in Heaven "Time Between"

After only a few seconds of watching Bear in Heaven’s new video for their song “Time Between,” I was immediately reminded of an old Smashing Pumpkins song called “We Only Come Out at Night.” Much like that track has always conjured up images of underground dwellers emerging from unseen pockets of...

Sarah Ramirez

BAND OF THE MONTHDub Thompson

There's a moment in record-store-nerd-meets-girl classic High Fidelity when John Cusack's character, Rob Gordon, catches a couple of skatepunks stealing records from his shop. The punks give back the shoplifted goods when their decks are held ransom, and Cusack's character looks at their haul in...

Lindsey Rhoades