"Joanna Newsome is an acquired taste, but I would argue one worth acquiring. Her 2006 double album Ys was one of the best albums of that decade, but if you weren’t a fan it asked a lot of you. And the thing it was most asking was to digest Newsome’s voice."

"White Winos is about Wainwright’s mother and how she liked a tipple. Or three. But Wainwright is not making fun of his mother. He’s celebrating the quiet moments they would share together over a glass of wine. It didn’t matter what sort. So long as it was white."

"Hamilton Leithauser is a guy who needs a stage name, but don’t let that concern you. Like many solo artists he cut his teeth in a variety of bands before seeing if he could make it on his own. Four albums since 2014 suggest he’s doing OK, but could do better."