Album of the Week: Vessel by Frankie Cosmos
A great step forward in Kline’s approach to songwriting, VESSEL is a true indie pop gem.
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Jessie Glenn is an essayist primarily focused on parenting and taboo. Their exposé about MasterChef was "Best of 2018" in Salon Magazine. They’ve also had essays in NYT Modern Love, Washington Post, Cleaver, Toronto Star, and elsewhere. They are currently writing a memoir. Glenn teaches book publicity at Portland State University in the Master’s of Publishing Program. Jessie and spouse have a blended family with five children.
Album of the Week: Alice Bag’s Blueprint
“The songs often find their inspiration in real-life moments that caused Bag to take stock and assess her own blueprint—to take a stand or fix a problem: personal, political, or both.”
Album of the Week: Mount Eerie’s Now Only
"Stepping into the role of Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie held the promise of positive empathy and praise, but also the difficulty of inhabiting the intense grief that produced the music."
Album of the Week: Soccer Mommy’s Clean
“I'd always wanted my music to sound this way, I just didn't have the means before.”
Album of the Week: Historian by Lucy Dacus
"Someone's profession. Feels like my name more than a musician."
Album of the Week: Mint Field’s Pasar De Las Luces
"Amezcua’s synths and Sanchez’s vocals craft the perfect soundtrack to get lost in..."
Album of the Week: Loma by Loma
"[T]here was an unspoken feeling of urgency, and a sense that a big change was coming for all of us, and I think we all tried to channel that into the work."
Album of the Week: Blood by Rhye
"The past is in your blood, it’s about genetics, it’s about love, your heart."
Album of the Week: Nils Frahm’s All Melody
"ALL MELODY was imagined to be so many things over time and it has been a whole lot, but never exactly what I planned it to be."
Album of the Week: I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life by tUnE-yArDs
"...I am—as so many musicians do—taking those influences and turning them into music that’s under my name."
Album of the Week: Björk’s Utopia
"i feel in this time of trump it is a necessity to have a plan, a manifesto, an alternative."
Album of the Week: Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Rest
"I wasn’t scared about being personal. It’s an open dialogue to myself, to my sister, to my father."