Fiver Trois -- Cleaning House Fiver Trois spans the distance between jazz, country, and prog on the singular album Cleaning House -- showing vision that the band fearlessly explores, writes Richard Marcus
Ismay -- Half Truth Half Truth, writes Richard Marcus, finds Ismay exploring the perils and pitfalls of modern life with a true "poetic voice of extraordinary scope and vision."
Liv Wade -- Fur Queen Richard Marcus guides us through Metis history to contextualize the extraordinary EP Fur Queen, by two-spirit artist Liv Wade.
Anjimile -- You're Free to Go Quietly revolutionary and subtle, Anjimile's latest album You're Free To Go works its way under your skin and into your awareness, writes Richard Marcus.
Paula Boggs Band -- Sumatra Sumatra is Paula Boggs Band's rousing, poignant, and hopeful contribution to the resistance, writes Richard Marcus.
Adeem the Artist -- Notes From Inside Richard Marcus reviews Notes From the Inside, the "biting and insightful" new reckoning of an album from Adeem the Artist.
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