Josh Hurst
Slant
Knoxville, TN, United States
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Twin Shadow: Caer Album Review by Josh Hurst
Twin Shadow's Caer was born of a very specific trauma: a bus accident that left the artist, born George Lewis Jr., seriously injured and in need of reconstructive hand surgery. If the album, with its stark beats and cinematic atmospherics, is his attempt to find meaning in a harrowing event, it also represents a new chapter for him. Lewis is known for the way he plunders '80s pop to create… → Read More
Cardi B: Invasion of Privacy
Cardi B: Invasion of Privacy Album Review by Josh Hurst → Read More
Ashley Monroe: Sparrow
Family matters, and family as a source of conflicting emotions, loom large over Ashley Monroe's Sparrow. The singer-songwriter's fourth album reckons with tangled genealogies and troubled pasts; throughout, Monroe's characters grieve their losses, count their scars, and try to heal. Working with producer Dave Cobb, Monroe has created a sonic palette to help translate those vivid feelings into… → Read More
Bettye LaVette: Things Have Changed
Bettye LaVette: Things Have Changed Album Review by Josh Hurst → Read More
August Greene: August Greene
August Greene: August Greene Album Review by Josh Hurst → Read More
Meshell Ndegeocello: Ventriloquism
Meshell Ndegeocello: Ventriloquism Album Review by Josh Hurst → Read More
Son Lux: Brighter Wounds
Son Lux: Brighter Wounds Album Review by Josh Hurst → Read More
Brandi Carlile: By the Way, I Forgive You
Brandi Carlile: By the Way, I Forgive You Album Review by Josh Hurst → Read More
Steep Canyon Rangers: Out in the Open
Steep Canyon Rangers: Out in the Open Album Review by Josh Hurst → Read More
Glen Hansard: Between Two Shores
With Between Two Shores, Glen Hansard has crafted a heartfelt rock n' roll romance. → Read More
Anderson East: Encore
East has such a commanding presence, but Encore is also a master class in arrangement. → Read More
Jim James: Tribute To 2
Tribute To 2 consistent in mood and surprising in depth. → Read More
Van Morrison: Versatile
Versatile is a rote and low-energy jaunt through the Great American Songbook. → Read More
Bob Seger: I Knew You When
I Knew You When is chugging, straightforward rock that frequently nods to the past that's executed with passion and skill. → Read More
Morrissey: Low in High School
In typical Morrissey fashion, he apologizes for nothing here, and if anything he doubles down on his stodginess. → Read More
Sam Smith: The Thrill of It All
Sam Smith's The Thrill of It All feels more like a fine-tuning than a bold new adventure. → Read More
Weezer: Pacific Daydream
The album is most effective when Cuomo fades into the dusky, melancholy ambiance. → Read More
Pink: Beautiful Trauma
Beautiful Trauma's neat construction renders the album less than the sum of its parts. → Read More
Robert Plant: Carry Fire
Carry Fire's sophistication and mystique place it among the most ambitious and evocative albums of Plant's legendary career. → Read More
Van Morrison: Roll with the Punches
Rather than treat the blues as a stuffy, academic genre exercise, Roll with the Punches plays like a party album. → Read More