For the Record With GG and Adam

Death and rebirth are at the center of what may be Okkervil River's most heartfelt and touching record since "Black Sheep Boy." It's called "Away," and we discuss it in-depth in this episode of "For the Record."

We discuss Of Montreal's latest record, "Innocence Reaches."

Dinosaur Jr. is back with their fourth record since they began making music together again in 2007, "Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not."

San Francisco's own Deerhoof has been leading the weirdness vanguard in the indie rock universe for two decades, but "The Magic" is one of their best records so far. We discuss it in depth in episode #47 of "For the Record."

"Masterpiece" is Big Thief's debut album on Saddle Creek Records, and combines beautiful and distinctive vocals with a modern folk sound. We discuss it in depth in episode #46 of "For the Record."

Mitski is only 25 years old, but sings with the mature, self-assured voice of an artist with a promising future ahead of her. This record makes good on its title with a collection of emotional highs and lows that reward repeated listens.

Car Seat Headrest's "Teens of Denial" is mastermind Will Toledo's first proper album for Matador Records, but is his 13th album of original music. It's GG's favorite record of 2016 so far.

Austin, Texas band A Giant Dog have a giant sound that's pure rock & roll, but with lyrics that come from wisdom earned over years of playing together and earning the title of one of the best live acts around. "Pile" is their first record after signing to

San Francisco's own Thao Nguyen teams up with producer Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards to create a beat-driven, emotionally raw record that is a significant departure from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down's earlier albums, and may be their best work yet.

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

The Front Bottoms are a goofy band with a goofy name who have made a catchy yet surprisingly sophisticated album that deserves serious consideration, so we spend some time with it on episode #31 of For the Record.

Craig Finn is best known as the vocalist and bandleader of The Hold Steady, but he just released his second solo album, and we discuss it in depth on episode #30 of "For the Record."

Ezra Furman's third album, "Perpetual Motion People," is one of my favorite records this year. We discuss it in depth on episode #29 of For the Record.

Alabama Shakes could have played it safe by giving us a sophomore album that followed the same roots-rock-revival path of their spectacularly successful debut, but instead they took some creative risks and gave us something even better. We discuss “Sound

On episode #27 of "For the Record," we discuss the brittle, soulful electronic sound of Son Lux's new record, Bones.

It's been eight years since the last Modest Mouse album, but Isaac Brock and company have finally returned with “Strangers to Ourselves.” Join us in a discussion about it on episode #26 of For the Record.

In this episode of For the Record, we discuss the new album by former San Franciscan and Ty Segall bassist Mikal Cronin. It's Mr. Cronin's third LP, conveniently titled "MCIII," out now on Merge Records.

In this episode of For the Record, we discuss the second full-length from Speedy Ortiz, “Foil Deer.”

In this episode of For the Record, we discuss the Mountain Goats' new album "Beat the Champ," which is a concept album based on the world and characters of professional wrestling. Even as non-wrestling fans, we loved it!

We discuss Courtney Barnett's debut album, "Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit"

In this episode of For the Record, we deviate from our usual format to tell you about our favorite performers from this year's South by Southwest music conference (aka SXSW) in Austin. We discuss Rubblebucket, Viet Cong, Courtney Barnett, and others.

In this episode of For the Record, we discuss New Jersey trio Screaming Females' powerful new album "Rose Mountain."

In this episode, we discuss the new album from a new addition to Merge Records' lineup, Melbourne, Australia's Twerps.

We discuss The Dodos' new album, “Individ”

We discuss Sleater-Kinney's 8th album, “No Cities to Love”

We discuss the Decemberists' new album, “ What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World”

We discuss the new album, "Last War," by Haley Bonar, who is a woman on the verge of a career breakthrough.

We discuss The War on Drugs' 3rd album, “Lost in The Dream”

We discuss Bob Mould's 11th solo album, “Beauty and Ruin”

We discuss TV on the Radio's 5th album, “Seeds”

We discuss the Rural Alberta Advantage's third album, “Mended With Gold”

We discuss Ex Hex's debut album, “Rips”

We discuss Sondre Lerche's 7th album, “Please”

We discuss White Lung's third album, “Deep Fantasy”

We discuss Angel Olsen's second album, “Burn Your Fire For No Witness”

We discuss Spoon's latest album, “They Want My Soul”

We discuss Spider Bags' fourth album, “Frozen Letter”

We discuss The New Pornographers' sixth album, “Brill Bruisers”

We discuss Bleeding Rainbow's second album, "Interrupt"

We discuss Ought's first full-length album, "More Than Any Other Day"

We discuss Hamilton Leithauser's first solo album, "Black Hours."