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Sufjan Stevens' latest album, "Carrie & Lowell," tells a deeply affecting story of love and loss, landing it a well-deserved place on many critics' best of 2015 lists. We discuss it on episode #37 of For the Record.

PWR BTTM's debut record is fun power pop that manages to both keep the listener singing along with catchy melodies while exploring deeper meanings about gender, performance, drag, and finding love -- with some impressive guitar shredding thrown in.

Canadian electronic artist Claire Boucher records under the name Grimes, and on her fourth album, "Art Angels," she mixes a dizzying array of styles and sounds all while playing every instrument herself... and doing her own production. The result is one o

Dan Bejar may be better known for his role in the New Pornographers, but his main project, Destroyer, has been around for a decade and just released its first album in 4 years, "Poison Season." We discuss it in this episode of For the Record.

All Dogs are not, in fact, all dogs. They are all humans, and vocalist Maryn Jones (also of Saintseneca) is all heart. We discuss their debut album on this episode of For the Record.

The debut album from Nashville's Bully has a '90s throwback feel, but brings a distinctive energy all its own. Alicia Bognanno wrote, contributed guitar and vocals, recorded, and produced the whole album herself in Steve Albini's legendary Chicago studio

The Front Bottoms are a goofy band with a goofy name who have made a catchy yet surprisingly sophisticated album that deserves serious consideration, so we spend some time with it on episode #31 of For the Record.

Craig Finn is best known as the vocalist and bandleader of The Hold Steady, but he just released his second solo album, and we discuss it in depth on episode #30 of "For the Record."

Ezra Furman's third album, "Perpetual Motion People," is one of my favorite records this year. We discuss it in depth on episode #29 of For the Record.

Alabama Shakes could have played it safe by giving us a sophomore album that followed the same roots-rock-revival path of their spectacularly successful debut, but instead they took some creative risks and gave us something even better. We discuss “Sound

On episode #27 of "For the Record," we discuss the brittle, soulful electronic sound of Son Lux's new record, Bones.

It's been eight years since the last Modest Mouse album, but Isaac Brock and company have finally returned with “Strangers to Ourselves.” Join us in a discussion about it on episode #26 of For the Record.

In this episode of For the Record, we discuss the new album by former San Franciscan and Ty Segall bassist Mikal Cronin. It's Mr. Cronin's third LP, conveniently titled "MCIII," out now on Merge Records.

In this episode of For the Record, we discuss the second full-length from Speedy Ortiz, “Foil Deer.”

In this episode of For the Record, we discuss the Mountain Goats' new album "Beat the Champ," which is a concept album based on the world and characters of professional wrestling. Even as non-wrestling fans, we loved it!

We discuss Courtney Barnett's debut album, "Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit"

In this episode of For the Record, we deviate from our usual format to tell you about our favorite performers from this year's South by Southwest music conference (aka SXSW) in Austin. We discuss Rubblebucket, Viet Cong, Courtney Barnett, and others.

In this episode of For the Record, we discuss New Jersey trio Screaming Females' powerful new album "Rose Mountain."

In this episode, we discuss the new album from a new addition to Merge Records' lineup, Melbourne, Australia's Twerps.

We discuss The Dodos' new album, “Individ”