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Plus Good Looks, Hana Vu, Belle and Sebastian, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 19, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the thirteenth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 20 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 10. More
Romanticism Due Out May 3 via Ghostly International
Apr 17, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Los Angeles-based musician Hana Vu is releasing a new album, Romanticism, on May 3 via Ghostly International. Now she has shared another song from it, “22.” More
Plus Hana Vu, The Lemon Twigs, Cola, Metronomy, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 15, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2024. It was a somewhat slow week for new songs, perhaps because a lot of the music industry is at SXSW, but there were more than enough that impressed us. More
Romanticism Due Out May 3 via Ghostly International
Mar 13, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Los Angeles-based musician Hana Vu is releasing a new album, Romanticism, on May 3 via Ghostly International. Now she has shared another song from it, “Hammer,” via a music video. More
Reviews
Nov 05, 2021
By Hayden Merrick
The path to indie eminence seems to follow a pattern. It begins with self-produced bedroom bops. Then comes the buzz—the undercurrent Spotify playlists, the 1 p.m. festival slots. And then the indie labels clamor for the awaited debut. It happened to Car Seat Headrest, it happened to Jay Som, and it can happen to Hana Vu, too. In fact, it’s already started to. More
Jul 19, 2018
By Max Freedman
For a genius, Hana Vu is sure young. The 18-year-old’s debut EP, How Many Times Have You Driven By, is an incredibly self-assured, individual collection. Her contralto beckon and sour, dissonant guitar lines endow her music with a solemnity that doesn’t at all betray her age. More