News
Plus SOAK, SASAMI, POND, Beirut, Priests, Steve Gunn, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 11, 2019
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the first Songs of the Week of 2019. We took an extended break in December, as there aren't too many notable new songs released at the end of the year (beyond endless Christmas covers), but the past week has been filled with exciting new album announcements, most accompanied by new singles worthy of consideration for this list. More
The Lamb Out Now via Hardly Art
Nov 09, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Lala Lala is the project of Chicago-based Lillie West. Her new album, The Lamb, came out in September via Hardly Art. Now she has shared a self-directed video for the album's "Copycat" and announced some more tour dates. Watch the video and check out the tour dates below. More
Plus BADBADNOTGOOD, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Young Galaxy, Ryley Walker, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 28, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
We tend to avoid including cover versions in our Songs of the Week list, as they are not truly new songs, but this week we have included two notable ones in our main list. We also rarely include live songs in our Top 10 songs, but have made a big exception this week. More
The Lamb Out Now via Hardly Art
Sep 28, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Lala Lala is the project of Chicago-based Lillie West. Her new album, The Lamb, came out today via Hardly Art and it's our Album of the Week. In his review for Under the Radar, our writer Timothy Michalik declared The Lamb "perhaps one of this year's finest indie rock records to come out of Chicago, if not the country." More
The Lamb Out Now via Hardly Art
Sep 28, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Lala Lala is the project of Chicago-based Lillie West. Her new album, The Lamb, came out today via Hardly Art. Previously "Water Over Sex" was one of our Songs of the Week and we also shared the more low-key and haunting "Dove" (which was an honorable mention in our Songs of the Week list). Now she has shared a video for "Scary Movie." More
Plus Danielson, Jungle, Django Django, Farao, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 14, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
We spent the week wondering if Hurricane Florence was going to hit us here at our headquarters in Southwest Virginia. Lucky for us, it seems to have angled further south, and while we may still get some heavy rains and winds in the coming days and week, it likely won't be as devastating to Virginia as feared. More
The Lamb Due Out September 28 via Hardly Art
Sep 11, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Lala Lala is the project of Chicago-based Lillie West. Her new album, The Lamb, is due out September 28 via Hardly Art. Previously "Water Over Sex" was one of our Songs of the Week. Now West has shared another song from the album, the more low-key and haunting "Dove." More
Plus Lost Under Heaven, Lala Lala, J Mascis, The Goon Sax, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 24, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
This week's Songs of the Week is packed. Firstly boygenius, the new supergroup featuring Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers, released three songs this week and all were worthy of the list. Thus we decided to expand it from a Top 10 to a Top 12, so that 10 separate artists were still included, be even that wasn't enough, so we added one more for an unlucky Top 13. More
Interviews
Stepping Back From the Claw
Oct 10, 2018
By Lillie West
For our recurring Self-Portrait feature we ask a musician to take a self-portrait photo (or paint/draw a self-portrait) and write a list of personal things about themselves, things that their fans might not already know about them. This Self-Portrait is by Lala Lala, which is the project of Chicago-based singer/songwriter Lillie West. More
Reviews
Sep 28, 2018
By Timothy Michalik
Grief, paranoia, and sobriety. These are states of mind in which our faith in humanity dissipates. That's exactly the case for Lillie West's Hardly Art debut, The Lamb. More
