Bon Iver’s latest release, Sable, fable, arrives like a whisper in the dark—quiet, rich, and demanding your attention. Sonically, it returns to familiar folk roots while venturing outward, closing one chapter and tentatively opening another.
Marlon Williams, of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāi Tai descent, skillfully weaves his Māori heritage with his diverse musical experiences in his fourth album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka.
The Nightingales have never been ones for nostalgia, but they’ve earned theirs. Formed in the embers of The Prefects, they emerged as part of the original UK punk explosion, appearing on the legendary White Riot tour in the late ’70s alongside The Slits, The Clash, and Subway Sect.
Lucy Dacus has never been one to shout. Over the course of her three previous albums, No Burden, Historian, and Home Video, she has mastered a quiet, clear-eyed form of storytelling, drawn from memories, contradictions, and restrained revelations.
Few artists have navigated the intersection of grief, nostalgia, and reinvention as deftly as Michelle Zauner. As the creative force behind Japanese Breakfast, she has built a discography defined by emotional depth, sonic ambition, and cinematic quality.
Since debuting in 2023 with the single Germaphobe, Mim Jensen has built a reputation for emotionally charged, lyrically introspective indie rock. Her second EP, Shadow of the Gift, is a confident and expansive release, building on the blend of raw vulnerability with moments of cathartic intensity found in 2024’s Emotional Affair.
After a 14-year hiatus, Alison Krauss & Union Station return with Arcadia, an album steeped in tradition, storytelling, and a deep sense of history.
One Is Always Heading Somewhere is a record that shimmers like light on water—fluid, reflective, and utterly immersive.
How Love Bends, the new album by Reb Fountain, is a haunting and immersive exploration of love in all its facets—its beauty, its pain, and its transformative power.
The Chills have long held a special place in the indie music world, with frontman Martin Phillipps being the band’s constant, and driving creative force. Emerging from Dunedin, New Zealand, during the 1980s, the band quickly became a cornerstone of the iconic Dunedin sound.
