Premiere: Redder Mixtape (by:Larm Edition)

Mar 04, 2015 Laura Studarus

Redder’s by:Larm mixtape features original music made by the band. But like everything the Finnish electro duo does, there’s an unexpected twist.

Steven Wilson

Mar 02, 2015 Web Exclusive

The inspiration for Steven Wilson's new album sounds like the stuff of urban legend. The story goes like this: A young woman dies alone in her apartment and no one notices for more than two years. When her body is finally discovered, her television is still on.

Jenny Lewis

Feb 25, 2015 Issue #52 - January/February 2015 - St. Vincent

Enjoying a brief respite before embarking for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, Jenny Lewis is sitting in what she calls the "clubhouse," a second bedroom in the hillside home in L.A. she shares with her longtime boyfriend and frequent musical collaborator Johnathan Rice. She's more or less taken over the room with various personal items, among them pieces of recording equipment, thrift store purchases, and lots of clothes.

Pleased to Meet You Spotlight: Natalie Prass

Feb 26, 2015 Web Exclusive

Natalie Prass was born in Cleveland and, after a short time in Los Angeles, her family moved to Virginia Beach when she was three or four years old. After stints in Boston and Nashville, Prass recently moved to Richmond, VA, where her label, Spacebomb Records, is based.

Ranked: 2015 Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Films

Feb 21, 2015

The 87th Annual Academy Awards ceremony will happen on Sunday, February 22nd. This week we've taken a look at this year's short film competitions. The Academy defines a short film as an original motion picture running 40 minutes or less, and excludes all advertisments, unaired or unsold television episodes, or credit sequences from feature-length films. Our critic, Shawn Hazelett, watched and ranked all of this year's Oscar-nominated shorts. In this final installment, he'll look at this year's documentary category. 

Catfish and the Bottlemen at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA

Feb 24, 2015 By Lily Moayeri

Rock 'n' roll never changes. There will always be four super skinny guys who favor form fitting black clothes, who have cool haircuts, and who look like they were born to thrash guitars about on stage. And The Troubadour, one of the most iconic rock venues on the planet, has hosted them all.

Anatomy of a Song: Broen’s Marianna Sangita on “Golden Shower”

Feb 20, 2015 By Marianna Sangita

Broen's Marianna Sangita waxes politic on their new track "Golden Shower".