Alex G’s ‘Headlights’ Is a Low-Key Gem in a Catalog Full of ’Em

Alex G’s ‘Headlights’ Is a Low-Key Gem in a Catalog Full of ’Em

Alex G 'Headlights' Review

Alex G Shares New Single "Oranges": Listen

Word on the street is this Alex G guy is good at music. The indie-pop singer-songwriter will release his major-label debut Headlights this Friday, and according to our own Abby Jones, it’s an Alex G album through and through, without any evidence of interference from the suits at RCA. Early singles “Afterlife” and “June Guitar” have borne that out, and the final advance track, today’s “Oranges,” continues to find our man cooking. Here he sings a…

Album Review: Alex G, ‘Headlights’

Alex G isn’t letting go any time soon. He’s got his foot on the pedal, his head in the clouds, his band on the road, his partner by his side, his son. His 10th album is coming out on a major label, and there’s still a treasure trove of childhood memories to dig up, to try and bridge the disparate pieces and fill the missing ones. “I’ve searched far and wide/ For a place like this/ Now I can close my eyes,” he sings at one point. And what happens…