Northern Transmissions Best Albums of 2024
As 2024 comes to a close, the year in music becomes clearer and clearer as one filled with great and innovative records and events/moments that will be remembered for years to come. From Kendrick Lamar’s rap battle with Drake and the surprise release of GNX to the summer of Charli…
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“Don’t touch me you’re my hero” by Sarah Meth
UK multi-artist Sara Meth recently announced her debut full-length Something Shameful, will drop on October 30 via the artist’s own imprint Wishbone. Most of the record’s protagonists (or antagonists) are people Meth met on a…
7
There Near
Dinosaur Jr.
The trio recorded this record over the course of a year at a studio in Amherst, Massachusetts, largely just the three of them (Mascis, Lou…
8
Thank You
Mike D 5D
You might expect a record made under that shadow to sound reflective, maybe even a little mournful. Instead, Thank You is weirdly alive. Recorded in…
8
This Mirror Weighs a Ton
Interpol
The tell is right there in the title track. It opens the album, and it barely sounds like Interpol at all — tidal, warped, almost…
7.5
The Dark
Chelsea Wolfe
The Dark arrives August 21st via Loma Vista, and if the lead single “Cold” is any indication, Wolfe is surprisingly at her most open here….
8
Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going
Squirrel Flower
Kicking off this album is like entering a door you kind of just left open in your house to a room you haven’t been inside…
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Bob Mould guests on Up Close and Personal/Records In My Life 2026
Bob Mould guests on Up Close and Personal/Records In My Life 2026 Bob Mould the legendary indie artist known for his work in Hüsker Dü Sugar, Bob Mould Band and other various projects, chatted with…
Bob Mould guests on Up Close and Personal/Records In My Life 2026
Bob Mould guests on Up Close and Personal/Records In My Life 2026 Bob Mould the legendary indie artist known for his work in Hüsker Dü Sugar, Bob Mould Band and other various projects, chatted with Charles Brownstein on Up Close and personal about the revival of Sugar, and about his…
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