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Month: September 2020

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

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Barely Civil — “I’ll Figure This Out”

I wrote about the new Barely Civil album and the ways in which we talk about and engage with emo music. You can read that over at The Alternative:

Album Review: Barely Civil — “I’ll Figure This Out”
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Video Premiere: Greg Mendez — “Long Division”

I wrote about Philadelphia musician Greg Mendez and his new music video for The Alternative. Check it out:

Video Premiere: Greg Mendez — “Long Division”
Photo by Veronica Isley

Jordan Walsh Uncategorized Leave a comment September 17, 2020 1 Minute

This Playlist Hurts: The 10 Best Laura Stevenson Songs

Laura Stevenson is one of my favorite songwriters. To celebrate the recent reissue of her 2011 album Sit Resist, I wrote about her ten best songs for The Alternative.

This Playlist Hurts: The 10 Best Laura Stevenson Songs

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Young Jesus — “Welcome to Conceptual Beach”

I wrote about Young Jesus, who continue to expand their breadth and interrogate the universe on their new Welcome to Conceptual Beach. Here it is, for The Alternative:

Album Review: Young Jesus — Welcome to Conceptual Beach

Jordan Walsh Uncategorized Leave a comment September 3, 2020 1 Minute

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