Category: Trax

THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN, Temple (Ribbon): ★★★ Co-producing with longtime bandmate Adam...

JONAH MUTONO, GERG (True Panther/EQT): ***½ Mutono, who previously recorded as Kidepo,...

SURF ROCK IS DEAD, Existential Playboy (SRiD): *** The Brooklyn-base duo’s first full-length album...

LUCINDA WILLIAMS, Good Souls Better Angels (Highway 20): ★★★1/2 Blues structure and biblical...

FIONA APPLE, Fetch the Bolt Cutters (Epic): ★★★★ “Every print I left upon the track/ Has led me...

LAURA MARLING, Song for Our Daughter (Chrysalis/Partisan): **** The British songwriter’s long...

ELIZA GILKYSON, 2020 (Red House): **** In case the title’s too subtle, the Pasadena-raised,...

CHILDISH GAMBINO, 3.15.20 (mcDJ/RCA): ***½ Actor/musician/writer Donald Glover’s latest album as...

JORDAN MACKAMPA, Foreigner (AWAL): 4 Opening with the upbeat, samba-flavored “Magic,” the Republic...

THE MASTERSONS, No Time for Love Songs (Red House): **** The LA-based duo of guitarist Chris...

HOT CLUB OF LA, Cinema Swing (indie release): ***½ Since late 2011, this Westside ensemble has...

PI JACOBS, Two Truths and a Lie  (Traviana): ***½ Female characters both fictional and real...

MIDTOWN SOCIAL,  Fantastic Colors (Midtown Studios) **** The San Francisco indie-soul...

16 Bars (Lightyear): ***½ Sobering documentary (on DVD) following four inmates in Arrested...

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS,  The Unraveling (ATO): *** Frontman Patterson Hood and bandmate Mike...

ES AMAZONES D’AFRIQUE, Amazones Power (Real World)***½ The multigenerational, pan-African...