Atwood Magazine

• Interview: Hope Tala on the Intimate Ink Stains of ‘Hope Handwritten ... | Atwood Magazine | March 5, 2025, midnight
With ‘Hope Handwritten,’ Hope Tala has crafted a deeply personal, tender, and poetic debut album – one that charts her coming-of-age, artistic evolution, and the raw honesty she’s learned to embrace through songwriting.

• Roundtable Discussion: A Review of Tate McRae's 'So Close to What' | Atwood Magazine | March 5, 2025, 8:10 p.m.
Atwood Magazine's writers discuss the confident and complex emotions on Tate McRae's third studio album 'So Close to What' – from her sultry dance synths to her gut-wrenchingly clever lyrics and beyond.

• Sam Fender’s ‘People Watching’ Is a Masterpiece of Reflection, Resilience, & Raw Humanity | Atwood Magazine | March 5, 2025, 3:50 p.m.
Sam Fender’s ‘People Watching’ is a brilliant ode to the North East and an instant classic. Ranging from his typical Springsteen-esque anthems to slightly more stripped indie rock sounds, it’s easy to say that Fender’s third album is a rousing success.

• The Magic of The Lumineers: An ‘Automatic’ Interview With Jeremiah Fraites | Atwood Magazine | March 3, 2025, 8:25 p.m.
Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers discusses their fifth studio album ‘Automatic,’ what twenty years of success as a band looks like, and the alchemy that is creating a song.

• Review: Youth Lagoon Embraces Childlike Wonder in ‘Rarely Do I Dream ... | Atwood Magazine | Feb. 21, 2025, midnight
Youth Lagoon’s Trevor Powers explores his past in his genre-bending seventh album, ‘Rarely Do I Dream.’

• Tate McRae’s ‘So Close to What’ Is a Defining Moment in Pop Music | Atwood Magazine | Feb. 26, 2025, 3:04 p.m.
Tate McRae’s third studio album ‘So Close to What’ blends introspective lyrics, infectious pop beats, and emotional vulnerability, marking a defining moment in her evolution as an artist and young woman navigating love, fame, and self-discovery.

• Ziggy Alberts' "I'm With You" Is a Sun-Kissed Celebration of Love ... | Atwood Magazine | Feb. 12, 2025, midnight
“I’m With You” is no exception; released in mid-January, the final single off Alberts’ seventh studio album New Love (out February 21 st) is an intimate, sun-kissed celebration. Through a medley of glistening acoustic guitar strums, exuberant hand claps, pounding drums, and warm harmonies, he embraces life’s “simple, yet meaningful ...

• Interview: Country Singer Kameron Marlowe Follows the Muse on ’Sad ... | Atwood Magazine | Feb. 24, 2025, midnight
C ountry singer Kameron Marlowe’s Sad Songs for the Soul feels like a place to lay his hat.. Released on February 21 st and produced by Ben West, this is the 27-year-old’s third record with Sony Music Nashville. Listening to the album, one can’t help but hear a person wise beyond his years, with a voice that recalls Chris Stapleton, Ryan Beaver, and a young John Legend.

• Roundtable: A Review of The Weeknd’s ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ | Atwood Magazine | Feb. 20, 2025, 7:45 p.m.
Atwood Magazine’s writers explore the storytelling and songcraft of ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow,’ The Weeknd’s sixth LP and the climactic finale of his latest album trilogy – one that may also mark the end of Abel Tesfaye’s era under his iconic pseudonym.

• Interview: Alessia Cara on ‘Love & Hyperbole,’ Feeling Big Feelings ... | Atwood Magazine | Feb. 14, 2025, midnight
Her fourth album, Love & Hyperbole, is a testament to emotional extremes – the dizzying highs and aching lows that define the human experience. It’s a record about rediscovering joy, learning to trust love, and accepting that the past, no matter how heavy, is an inescapable part of who we become.

• Review: Bad Bunny’s ‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS’ Is an Unapologetic Love Letter to Puerto Rico | Atwood Magazine | Jan. 7, 2025, 6:49 p.m.
Bad Bunny is going back to his roots in the most fresh and innovative way thanks to his sixth solo album, ‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.’

• Album Review: Kendrick Lamar Reclaims the Rap Throne on ‘GNX’ | Atwood Magazine | Dec. 9, 2024, 6:40 p.m.
Kendrick Lamar’s sixth studio album ‘GNX’ is, simply put, one of the best records yet by one of the greatest rappers of all time.

• Review: Michael Kiwanuka’s ‘Small Changes’ Is a Quiet Departure From His Big Sound | Atwood Magazine | Nov. 21, 2024, 3:28 p.m.
Michael Kiwanuka’s ‘Small Changes’ reflects a sound where simplicity is given space. Removed from the provocative intricacy of his previous albums, ‘Small Changes’ offers listeners a much gentler soundscape.