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The Alternative’s Most Anticipated 2021

Blurbing season is not quite over yet. I contributed a few words about new releases from Really From, Bellows, and Hurry for The Alternative’s Most Anticipated list.

The Alternative’s Most Anticipated Albums of 2021

Hurry
Jordan Walsh Uncategorized Leave a comment January 19, 2021 1 Minute

Newsletter: I Keep a Diary

Happy new year everyone! Hope you had a safe and festive December.

I wanted to drop in and say that I’m starting a newsletter called “I Keep a Diary.” The first one goes out on Tuesday, January 5. Sign up here, if you’d like:

I Keep a Diary on Substack

See ya soon!

Jordan Walsh Uncategorized Leave a comment January 2, 2021 1 Minute

The Alternative EOTY List

I wrote about Oceanator, Barely Civil, Sinai Vessel, and Stay Inside for The Alternative’s end of the year list:

The 75 Best Albums of 2020 + The Alt Music Awards

Jordan Walsh Uncategorized Leave a comment December 16, 2020 1 Minute

Slant EOTY Lists

I contributed to a couple end of the year lists for Slant Magazine, writing blurbs about some of my absolute favorites:

  • Bartees Strange
  • Empty Country
  • I’m Glad It’s You
  • Ratboys
  • Shamir
  • The 1975
  • The Mountain Goats
  • NNAMDÏ
  • Dogleg
  • Phoebe Bridgers

Check those out here:

Slant’s Best 50 Albums of 2020

Slant’s Best 50 Songs of 2020

Jordan Walsh Uncategorized Leave a comment December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 1 Minute

The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick — “Ways of Hearing”

I wrote about Philly’s long trudge toward winter, slow songs, and the debut album from The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick. Here it is for The Alternative:

Album Review: The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick — “Ways of Hearing”

Jordan Walsh Uncategorized Leave a comment November 10, 2020 1 Minute

Interview: Gulfer Really Feel Like Themselves

Last month, I had a lovely conversation with Gulfer about their excellent new self-titled record and how they see themselves in the context of the emo scene. Here it is, for The Alternative:

Interview: Gulfer Really Feel Like Themselves

Jordan Walsh Uncategorized Leave a comment November 10, 2020 1 Minute

Jimmy Eat World’s “Invented” at 10

Jimmy Eat World’s seventh album Invented turned 10 last month. It’s not the most glamorous of the band’s records, but it holds a special place in my heart—read my essay about Invented, underdog favorites, and the significance of being there over at The Alternative.

It Holds Up: Jimmy Eat World’s “Invented” Turns 10

Jordan Walsh Uncategorized Leave a comment October 28, 2020October 28, 2020 1 Minute

Matt Berninger — “Serpentine Prison”

A few words on Matt Berninger’s solo album, which is exactly what you’d expect it to be but still makes for a pretty nice listen. You can read my review over on Slant.

Review: Matt Berninger’s Serpentine Prison Is an Easily Digestible Solo Debut

Jordan Walsh Uncategorized Leave a comment October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 1 Minute

Bartees Strange — “Live Forever”

Across eleven tracks that traverse and defy easy genre classifications and burst at the seams with creativity, originality, and heart, the debut album from Bartees Strange signals the arrival of a visionary songwriter.

Read my review of Live Forever, out this Friday, on The Alternative:

Album Review: Bartees Strange — “Live Forever”

Jordan Walsh Uncategorized Leave a comment September 29, 2020 1 Minute

Sufjan Stevens — “The Ascension”

Sufjan Stevens is without a doubt one of our most talented and creative songwriters, but his latest doesn’t quite live up to his high standards. I wrote about why for Slant:

Review: Sufjan Stevens’s The Ascension Aims for Great Heights but Often Gets Lost

Jordan Walsh Uncategorized Leave a comment September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 1 Minute

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