Frank Sinatra’s ninth studio album and overall artistic achievement In the Wee Small Hours remains among pop music’s most lusciously atmospheric recordings, its arrangements humming with a unique poetry all their own.
Frank Sinatra’s ninth studio album and overall artistic achievement In the Wee Small Hours remains among pop music’s most lusciously atmospheric recordings, its arrangements humming with a unique poetry all their own.
Welcome to the 13th Songs of the Week of 2025. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Matt the Raven, and Scotty Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 30 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 12.
A daring artistic response to the sweeping maximalism of 2005’s landmark Illinois and the arty experimentalism of 2010’s The Age of Adz, Sufjan Stevens’ seventh studio album Carrie & Lowell arrived at the tail end of a pivotal period for the then 39-year-old indie wunderkind. The 2012 death of Stevens’ estranged mother, Carrie, from stomach cancer had left him shattered, forced to retread his history of familial trauma and abandonment.
A daring artistic response to the sweeping maximalism of 2005’s landmark Illinois and the arty experimentalism of 2010’s The Age of Adz, Sufjan Stevens’ seventh studio album Carrie & Lowell arrived at the tail end of a pivotal period for the then 39-year-old indie wunderkind. The 2012 death of Stevens’ estranged mother, Carrie, from stomach cancer had left him shattered, forced to retread his history of familial trauma and abandonment.
Following the immense success of their international single and video hit She Don’t Wanna, indie’s iconic duo The SoapGirls gear up for a Spring and Summer Tour that’s set to shake the very foundations of the rock and pop festival and venues of the US. Indie rock rhythms and power chord passion light up the unforgettable songwriting and playful individualism of rising rock duo The SoapGirls. Having gone from strength to strength in both the studio and live-performance settings, The SoapGirls continue to carve out an undeniably impactful lane in modern alternative rock, and their innate fusion of creative passion and work ethic is forever
