A year in music — the best albums of 2020

 10. U.S. Girls — Heavy Light (Toronto/Chicago) To evolve the ideas she crafted on In a Poem Unlimited, Meg Remy has found a lot more groove than grow in her new record. This doesn't shake out the same level of pressing art-pop she got before but it merges narrative, abstract, and

Album Reviews: Cody Coyote, Joan of Arc, Laurence-Anne

 Joan of Arc — Tim Melina Theo Bobby (Chicago, Illinois) As a chosen final note for a band, Joan of Arc lays out a lush and often heavy record to endure. It's this emotional intensity for their last bow that really stands to make the album feel more satisfying on