Crucial Releases for January 24

New music from Ditz, Ghais Guevara, Mogwai, FKA twigs, and Boldy James this week.

Crucial Releases for January 17

A handful of really good releases this week, featuring lots of hands, Ex-Void, Flora Hibberd, Delivery, Kele, Mac Miller, and jasmine.4.t

Crucial Tracks 005: Matt Dente

New year, new Crucial Tracks interview! We are kicking off 2025 with another close friend of ours, Matt Dente. Dig in, it's good!

Featured Crucial Releases for January 10

Welcome to 2025! Featuring new releases from Ethel Cain, Lambrini Girls, and zzzahara.

My Favorite Albums from 2024

Jason runs down his favorite 20 albums from 2024. LOTS of great music this past year.

Deep dive into the RollingStone top 150 albums of all time: S1E2

I'm taking a deep dive into mainstream records I've missed via the RollingStone Top 150 albums of all time list. This installment looks at #131 to 140.

Deep dive into the RollingStone top 150 albums of all time: S1E1

I'm taking a deep dive into mainstream records I've missed via the RollingStone Top 150 albums of all time list. This initial installment looks at 141 to 150.

Featured Crucial Releases for October 25

I had a lot of releases on my watch list for this week. As usual, some didn't live up to what I had in mind and a few ones I didn't have on my radar caught my ear. Records from Pixies and Better Lovers fell into

Featured Crucial Releases for October 18

Lots of new releases sparked my interest, but the new High Vis album made the week.

Featured Crucial Releases for October 4 + 11

Featured crucial releases from the first two weeks of October, highlighted by Wild Pink and Hemlock.

Featured Crucial Releases for September 27

Big news! A new home for Crucial Tracks on Ghost and a great new album by Merce Lemon.

Featured Crucial Releases (Aug 30 thru Sep 20)

Another bulk load of good albums for you to check out. Almost a whole month’s worth, actually. I now realize the reason why I get off track – when there’s a week I don’t hear anything I love, I immediately get off routine of writing these posts. Not