All Yours is an amazingly tender and pensive album.

[xrr rating=3.25/5]Dream pop seems almost ubiquitous in the indie rock realm. Dream blues not so much, for the obvious reason that their root genres are so incongruous—the former ethereal and free-floating, the latter very much based in the hardscrabble and profane. Brooklyn duo Widowspeak have staked an esoteric claim on the musical landscape, the six tracks on EP The Swamps …

1. Arctic Monkeys – “Do I Wanna Know?” (Domino) With new record AM, Arctic Monkeys demonstrate an evolution of their cocksure sound. Instead of the swagger and bluster of the early days, this Sheffield foursome now display more introspection and vulnerability than appeared possible for them just a few years ago. With the anthemic “Do I Wanna Know?” this progression …

[xrr rating=3.5/5]Dealing in the type of hazy, aloof indie rock that is Brooklyn-based Widowspeak’s stock and trade can be a dicey venture: it’s all too easy for bands to get lost in their own dreamy atmosphere, leaving behind listeners who haven’t been initiated with a heavy dose of Nyquil. Music of that sort runs a far worse risk than being …