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Stereolab, Deradoorian, Blondshell, Ezra Furman, Sparks, caroline, Garbage, Matt Berninger, and More
May 30, 2025
By Mark Redfern
At the start of February we launched our new Albums of the Month series, where we highlight the best albums released in the previous month, starting with January’s albums and followed by February’s albums, March’s albums, and April’s albums. Now here is a roundup of May 2025’s best albums. More
Plus Garbage, Deerhoof, Hotline TNT, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 11, 2025
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 11th Songs of the Week of 2025. It was quite a week for songs from ’90s artists. As a teenager, in 1995, I once saw Stereolab open for Pulp at the Brixton Academy in London and both those artists make this week’s list, as well as Garbage and The Divine Comedy. More
Sounds Like… Due Out May 23 on Dear Life
Apr 10, 2025
By Mark Redfern
Philadelphia alt-country band Florry are releasing a new album, Sounds Like…, on May 23 on Dear Life. Now they have shared the album’s latest single, the expansive seven-minute long “First it was a movie, then it was a book.” More
Interviews
May 22, 2025
By Mark Redfern
Sitting smack dab in the middle of Florry’s new album, Sounds Like…, is a molten account of witnessing a horrific accident while motoring away from South by Southwest six years back. Talking via Zoom from her kitchen in Burlington, Vermont, Francie Medosch describes “Truck Flipped Over ’19” as her Beach Boys suite. Though the So Cal melody makers may not have ever put together anything so gritty (“Truck Flipped Over” is no subtly shifting “Little Honda”), the phases and stages the song goes through make the comparison make sense. More
Reviews
May 21, 2025
By Mark Moody
Someone forgot to tell the house band it was last call and lights out a few hours ago. And thankfully so. Each song on Florry’s latest, Sounds Like…, plays out bleary eyed and bled through. More
