Of Sound Mind | Arlo Parks

By Lucas DiBlasi, Senior Staff Writer • November 1, 2020

She’s an artist to keep an eye on in the near future — Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho, who goes by the moniker Arlo Parks.

Of Sound Mind | The Mountain Goats’ “Getting Into Knives”

By Lucas DiBlasi, Senior Staff Writer • October 18, 2020

The Mountain Goats will release “Getting Into Knives” on Friday, and the album is a spacious, jazzy take on their often folk-oriented style.

Of Sound Mind | Sufjan Stevens’ “The Ascension”

By Lucas DiBlasi, Staff Writer • October 4, 2020

To judge whether music captures the feel of a cultural moment is a lot of pressure to put on musicians.

Of Sound Mind | Troye Sivan’s “In A Dream”

By Lucas DiBlasi, Staff Writer • September 20, 2020

Troye Sivan has been an ambassador of Lorde-esque electronic pop for years, releasing hit songs that are consistently danceable (or slow-danceable).

Of Sound Mind | Tame Impala’s “The Slow Rush”

By Lucas DiBlasi, Staff Writer • September 6, 2020

With the release of “The Slow Rush” on Feb. 14, Parker once again crafted an idiosyncratic sound that both builds off of his previous work and moves in a new direction.

Of Sound Mind | The Front Bottoms’ “In Sickness & In Flames”

By Lucas DiBlasi, Staff Writer • August 23, 2020

The Front Bottoms’ new album attempts to draw on the lyrical specificity of folk-punk and the catchy songwriting of pop-punk. While the band has succeeded in this genre-mixing realm in the past, the new album falls almost completely flat in its execution.