There are some bands that spring to life fully formed, like Athena from the head of Zeus or one of those sweet tents that just pops open, no assembly required. Julien’s Daughter is one...

PETRIC’s Flashbacks is airtight nearly to the point of airlessness, the dusty corners of country music sandblasted until even the shadows are gone, every instrument and voice polished and bent into plastic shapes. The...

In a year that felt like an endless series of rugs being pulled out from under us, the one thing you could always rely on was the music. This year delivered a near-endless stream...

Making music is often as much of a business venture as it is an art form — a conduit for unspeakable feeling warped by an industry that’s only growing more cold-blooded and cutthroat. Nabeel Khan,...

What do you say about a record like JR Charron’s Impression? Its instant familiarity and country-radio soundalike style is part of the appeal, its lack of innovation a boon rather than a legitimate criticism....

PETRIC — Jordan Day, Jason Petric and his brother Tom — are experiencing a bit of cognitive dissonance. After years under an exacting label, they’ve finally managed to make the record they’d always sought...

Vagina Witchcraft’s debut record doesn’t open with a scream or sludgy riff, but a missive, spoken with such raw feeling as to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up: “I...