Lucy Dacus is a young singer-songwriter from Richmond, Virginia who has an incredible voice, and after seeing her live at South by Southwest this year -- she was one of the standout new musicians -- we were pleased to find that her debut record, "No Burd

We discuss Diet Cig, Caveman, A Giant Dog, Lucy Dacus, Gold Class, The Wet Secrets, Marlon Williams, The Fast Romantics, and Cold Fronts.

Animal Collective is out with their 10th album, "Painting With." It's a wonderful synthesis of their past styles into a tighter and more cohesive whole... even if it doesn't quite reach the high water mark of "Merriweather Post Pavilion."

Eleanor Friedberger is best-known as one half of The Fiery Furnaces, but her new solo record, "New View," marks her third solo effort, and shows that she's developing a sound that's all her own. We discuss it on episode #38 of For the Record.

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