Christmas Music Special – She & Him, Arkells, Norah Jones

 She & Him – Holiday (Portland, OR/Los Angeles) Masters of a sense of vintage power, M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel offer up one more great set of holiday tracks. Revamping some Madonna with yuletide soul among others, the duo reminds us that they’re probably one of the few artists that

Album Reviews: The Avalanches, M. Ward, Rina Sawayama

 Rina Sawayama — Sawayama (Niigata, Japan/U.K.) By going completely out in both the wild, experimental theatrics and overt pop core that we get in art-pop music now, Rina Sawayama lets loose a record that is constantly satisfying and testing your limits. This two-pronged approach means everything feels like a kick

Album Reviews – Anna Burch, House in the Fall and more

 Anna Burch — If You're Dreaming (Detroit, Michigan) Despite all the fun melodies and snarky lyrics in her first record, Anna Burch's music always felt a little disconnected from her narratives. But with the overt romanticism in the compositions of her latest record, each song brilliantly turns its stories into