Getting emotional with Deer Tick and breathing in David Berman’s “Actual Air”

Living through the “Dark Times” with Vince Staples and matching a poet “Bite for Bite.”

Growing alongside Guster, and hearing yourself in the Rapsody.

Traversing the Southwest with Calexico and approaching the cool with Yaya Bey.

Getting weird (in a lovely way) with Iron and Wine, and watching Hanif Abdurraqib swish another long 3.

Laying back with Kurt Vile and beginning at the end with Lydia Millet.

The shaggy sounds of MJ Lenderman, and meeting Prince with Lexi Kent-Monning.

Remembering Maggie Rogers as she is now, and a portrait of Kaveh Akbar as a young poet.

Living the ‘Fantasy’ with Chicano Batman and exploring a different sort of devotion in Anna Gazmarian’s memoir.

Plunging into the latest Waxahatchee and Adrianne Lenker records.