There are a handful of records released in the spring of 2020 that will always be associated with that time. They’re albums that spoke to widespread isolation and anxiety, but also provided a source ...

Students in the Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientific diving course make their way down chain ladders from Scripps Pier to small boats in late June. Photo by Erik Jepsen, UC San Diego ...

If you like your blendered post punk with the same gut-wrenching bite as a Bright Eyes tune mixed with the candor and theatrics of Amanda Palmer, you will like this third album from the UK’s Porridge ...

On its new album, “Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky,” Dana Margolin’s indie-rock band thrives on emotional intensity. By Jon Pareles Dana Margolin blurts out primal declarations in the ...