Feb 18, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Julien Baker has announced a new livestream concert in support of her upcoming album Little Oblivions to be held at Nashville’s Analog on March 25, with indie group Mini Trees as the supporting act. The performance will take place via STAGED, a virtual concert series created by Audiotree. It will be aired three separate times, at 8 p.m. AEDT, 7 p.m. GMT, and 9 p.m. EDT.  More

Feb 09, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Claud has shared a new song titled “Guard Down,” via an animated video for it. It will be featured on their upcoming album Super Monster, which releases this Friday (Feb. 12) on Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records. More

Feb 08, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Phoebe Bridgers was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, where she performed two songs from last year’s critically acclaimed album, Punisher: “Kyoto” and “I Know the End.” At the end of the latter she smashed her guitar, causing sparks from the amp.  More

Feb 03, 2021 By Christopher Roberts

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Julien Baker is releasing a new album, Little Oblivions, on February 26 via Matador. Now she has shared the album’s third single, “Favor,” which features backing vocals from Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, her bandmates in the supergroup Boygenius. More

Jan 21, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Arlo Parks has announced a filmed variety show special that will feature performances by Romy (The xx), Dave Okumu (The Invisible), and Glass Animals. The hour long show, titled Tonight With Arlo Parks, will premiere on Jan. 29 at 12 p.m. PST / 3 p.m. EST, where it will be viewable on both the Amazon Music channel on Twitch and the Amazon Music app (it will also be made available on Feb. 1 via Prime Video). More

Dec 17, 2020 By Joey Arnone

Last night, Phoebe Bridgers made an appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden. She performed an orchestral version of her song “Kyoto,” initially while in bed, before walking off onto a green screen projection of Carnegie Hall where she was met with a showering of roses at the end of her performance. More

Dec 10, 2020 By Joey Arnone

Phoebe Bridgers has just shared a video of behind-the-scenes footage from the making of her “Savior Complex” video. The video, which was directed by writer/actress/comedian/producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge and starred Irish actor Paul Mescal, was filmed during the summer in the British Isles. In the video’s initial release, it was exclusive to Facebook, where it racked up 11 million views. More

Dec 04, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Claud (aka 21-year-old singer/songwriter Claud Mintz) has announced their debut album, Super Monster, and shared a new song from it, “Soft Spot.” Super Monster is due out February 12, 2021 via Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records, making it the first album on Bridgers’ new imprint for Dead Oceans. More

Dec 03, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night and for her remote performance she did “Savior Complex” with the accompaniment of a self-playing piano, almost as if a ghost was performing with her, from Los Angeles’ famed Magic Castle. More

Dec 01, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

The Phoebe Bridgers and Phoebe Waller-Bridge mutual appreciation society loop is complete, as Bridgers has shared a video for her song “Savior Complex” directed by Waller-Bridge. The video stars Irish actor Paul Mescal. More

Nov 24, 2020 By Joey Arnone

The nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards have just been announced. Beyoncé leads the list with a solid nine nominations, followed by Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch, and Taylor Swift, each with six nominations. Brittany Howard has five nominations, and Megan Thee Stallion, Billie Eilish, DaBaby, Phoebe Bridgers, Justin Bieber, John Beasley, and David Frost are all tied with having four nominations. The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards will air Sunday, January 30, 2021 at Los Angeles’ Staple More

Nov 24, 2020 By Joey Arnone

The nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards were just announced via livestream on the official Grammys website, and among the first to be announced were the nominations in the rock and alternative categories. The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards will air Sunday, January 30, 2021 at Los Angeles’ Staples Center live on CBS. Trevor Noah will host. More

Nov 23, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers has shared a cover of the late Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December,” which was released in 1973 as the lead single to Merle Haggard’s Christmas Present. Proceeds from Bridgers’ cover will go to Downtown Women’s Center.  More

Nov 13, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers has shared a cover of Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris,” following through on a pre-election promise that she would cover the song if President Donald Trump lost his re-election bid to former Vice President (and now President Elect) Joe Biden. Joining her on the cover is Maggie Rogers.   More

Nov 10, 2020 By Joey Arnone

Ever-rising star Phoebe Bridgers has announced a new EP titled Copycat Killer that features four new more orchestral recordings of songs from her critically-acclaimed album Punisher, which came out earlier this year. Bridgers has also shared a new video for the Copycat Killer version of her hit song “Kyoto.” More

Oct 30, 2020 By Joey Arnone

Twenty-one-year-old musician Charlie Hickey has just released a new single titled “No Good At Lying,” which features backing vocals by his friend and collaborator Phoebe Bridgers. More

Oct 23, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the 41st Songs of the Week of 2020. This week there was a second and final presidential debate that, unlike the first one, was an actual debate.  More

Oct 23, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Bright Eyes have shared a new song for Planned Parenthood, “Miracle of Life,” which features backing vocals from Phoebe Bridgers, as well as featuring Jon Theodore and Flea. The song is available on Bandcamp and all proceeds from downloads, streams, and syncs will go to Planned Parenthood. More

Oct 19, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

This past weekend, NIVA (National Independent Venue Association) hosted the Save Our Stages Fest, which featured many notable musicians performing in important music venues across the land, businesses that have been shut down since the pandemic took hold in March. More

Sep 30, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers was the musical guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers last night, performing “I Know the End,” the closing track on her recent album Punisher. She did so while wandering an empty music venue in Covina, California.  More

Sep 10, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers has done a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert for NPR Music, performing three songs remotely, but via a green screen so it appears as though Bridgers and her band are playing in the Oval Office in the White House.  More

Sep 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers has teamed up with British musician Arlo Parks to cover the Radiohead classic “Fake Plastic Trees” (from The Bends), performing it in a church, with Parks on piano, for BBC Radio 1’s Chillest Show with Phil Taggart. They also performed Bridges’ “Kyoto,” from her recent album Punisher.  More

Sep 04, 2020 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Phoebe Bridgers and Moses Sumney on the two covers. The issue also features an in-depth article on the current state of the music industry. Plus there is a piece on how and when the live music industry might return from the pandemic. The issue also includes interviews with Perfume Genius, Jarvis Cocker, Doves, Ben Gibbard, Tim Burgess, Hinds, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Bob Mould, Muzz, Protomartyr, Jehnny Beth, Jónsi, Madeline Kenney, I Break Horses, Khruangbin, Kelly Lee Owens, I LIKE TRAINS, The Beths, Bright Eyes, Deradoorian, The Dears, Jess Williamson, Dehd, Oceanator, Bartees Strange, Westerman, and several others. More

Aug 18, 2020 By Jennifer Irving

Right before everything went on lockdown back in March, singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers performed “Halloween” and “ICU” off her recent album Punisher to a small crowd at the LA Coliseum. Check out the videos for her live rendition of the tracks below. More

Aug 04, 2020 By Jennifer Irving

This weekend was the finale of the entirely virtual Newport Folk Festival, aptly dubbed “Our Voices Together,” as it features upward of 20 artists covering Burt Bacharach’s classic “What the World Needs Now Is Love.” The cover was led by Jim James of My Morning Jacket and music directed by Chris Funk of The Decemberists, wrapping up the week-long virtual fest. More

Aug 03, 2020 By Samantha Small

Music festivals are long gone, for now. And although we’re sad to miss out on overpriced beer and potential heat stroke, that isn’t stopping organizers from doing a virtual version of the events. This past weekend was the legendary Newport Folk Festival, and slotted for those events were contemporary singer/songwriter starlets Phoebe Bridgers and Courtney Barnett. The pair decided to give fans an extra treat and covered folk luminary Gillian Welch’s “Everything is Free.” More

Jul 29, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers released a new album, Punisher, last month via Dead Oceans. Now she has shared a video for the album closer “I Know the End.”   More

Jul 21, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers released a new album, Punisher, last month via Dead Oceans. Last night she was the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, performing Punisher track “Kyoto” remotely from her home, aided by a disco ball, smoke, bubbles, and a backup dancer of sorts.  More

Jul 02, 2020 By Samantha Small

It’s almost here… yet another Bandcamp fee-free Friday. For this upcoming July 3 event, boygenius—the supergroup comprised of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus—is sharing an extra special treat: three voice recorded demos from their 2018 eponymous EP.  More

Jun 24, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers released a new album, Punisher, last week via Dead Oceans, putting it out one day early. Last night she performed the album’s “I See You” on The Late Late Show with James Corden, but in a nod to his Carpool Karaokeseries she did so while driving a car. More

Jun 19, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Samantha Small and Julian Roberts-Grmela)

Welcome to the 24th Songs of the Week of 2020. These days life is just overwhelming, at least if you pay attention to the news at all. It’s just one long parade of understandable outrage. Sure, some good things also happened this week. More

Jun 18, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers was releasing a new album, Punisher, tomorrow via Dead Oceans, but she has put it out one day early.  More

May 22, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Samantha Small)

Welcome to the nineteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under quarantine, the same as the last week. This week we were quite indecisive about our favorite songs and even polled our readers on Facebook and Twitter, which helped a little. More

May 19, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers is releasing a new album, Punisher, on June 19 via Dead Oceans. Now she has shared another song from it, “I See You,” via a lyric video featuring hand shadow puppets. She has also announced “Phoebe Bridgers’ World, Tour,” which is really Bridgers doing live streamed concerts from different rooms in her house. More

Apr 10, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the fourteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. Our new normal of being under lockdown during COVID-19 continues.  More

Apr 10, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers is releasing a new album, Punisher, on June 19 via Dead Oceans. It was announced yesterday and at the same time she shared a new song from it, “Kyoto,” via a video for the track. Last night she performed “Kyoto” for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, but because of COVID-19 social distancing she did so remotely, from her bathtub at home, dressed in her pajamas and accompanied by only a synthesizer on her lap.  More

Apr 09, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Hayley Williams, lead vocalist for Paramore, is releasing her debut solo album, Petals For Armor, on May 8 via Atlantic. Now she has shared another song from the album, “My Friend,” via a lyric video. Plus she recently covered Phoebe Bridgers’ “Smoke Signals” and was a guest on BETHLINE, the new podcast from Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast.   More

Apr 09, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers has announced a new album, Punisher, and shared a new song from it, “Kyoto,” via a video for the track that features Bridgers flying around a city and battling Godzilla. More

Apr 03, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the thirteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. While more album release dates were pushed back due to COVID-19 and it seems we haven’t reached the peak number of coronavirus cases in America yet, none of that stopped artists from sharing a whole lot of new songs this week.  More

Apr 03, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

The 1975 are releasing a new album, Notes On a Conditional Form, on May 22 via Dirty Hit/Interscope. Now the English band have shared another single from it, “Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America,” that features guest vocals from Phoebe Bridgers.  More

Mar 30, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers has shared a video of her covering Conor Oberst’s “Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch)” from home, as artists have been doing during the COVID-19 quarantine. She has done so to benefit Los Angeles’ Bootleg Theater, which has had to close down during the pandemic.  More

Feb 28, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2020. It was busy week of new album announcements and surprise EPs. That led to another super-sized edition. More

Feb 26, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers has shared a brand new track, "Garden Song," via a video for it. Bridgers' brother Jackson Bridgers directed the video, which features Phoebe in her pajamas in a pot smoke filled bedroom in which she is joined by people (including comedian Tig Notaro) in weird costumes and masks. More

Feb 24, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Conan O'Brien's TBS show Conan has launched a new fake behind the scenes web series, Meet the Conan Staff, and in one episode Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers play production assistants on the show. The duo performed on Conan last year with their side-project Better Oblivion Community Center. More

Jan 16, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

The 1975 have shared a new song, "Me & You Together Song," which has a bit of a Britpop vibe, and have also announced some new North American tour dates, with Phoebe Bridgers to support most dates. More

Dec 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers has shared a new Christmas track, "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night," which features Fiona Apple and Matt Berninger (of The National). It is a cover of the Christmas standard "Silent Night," but it features Berninger as an anchorman reading the news. All profits from the track will be donated to Planned Parenthood. More

Oct 18, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was a pretty light week, in terms of new songs this week. Hence we only have a Top 8. More

Oct 17, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Matt Berninger of The National and Phoebe Bridgers recently teamed up for the new song, "Walking On a String," which they performed in Netflix's Between Two Ferns: The Movie. Now they have shared a studio version of the song via a black & white video featuring them recording it. More

Apr 24, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes) recently teamed up as the new band Better Oblivion Community Center and in January they surprise released their self-titled debut album via Dead Oceans. Now they have shared two new tracks, "Little Trouble" and "Sleepwalkin' (Daydreamin' Version)." They have also done a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR Music. More

Apr 02, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes) recently teamed up as the new band Better Oblivion Community Center and in January they surprise released their self-titled debut album via Dead Oceans. Last night during their show at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn they covered "Shallow," Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's hit Oscar-winning song from their hit movie A Star Is Born. More

Mar 18, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes) recently teamed up as the new band Better Oblivion Community Center and in January they surprise released their self-titled debut album via Dead Oceans. Last night the dynamic duo performed in Seattle and during their set they covered a song by hometown heroes Death Cab for Cutie. The song in question was "Title and Registration," from Death Cab's 2003 classic Transatlanticism. More

Mar 15, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes) recently teamed up as the new band Better Oblivion Community Center and in January they surprise released their self-titled debut album via Dead Oceans. Last night the dynamic duo stopped by The Late Late Show with James Corden to perform the album's "Sleepwalkin'." More

Mar 01, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 65, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Mitski on the front cover and boygenius (Julien Baker + Phoebe Bridgers + Lucy Dacus) on the back cover. More

Jan 29, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes) have teamed up as the new band Better Oblivion Community Center and last week they surprise released their self-titled debut album via Dead Oceans. Now the duo has shared a video for "Dylan Thomas." Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner directed the clip, which features Bridgers and Oberst attend a weird cult-like party. The band have also announced their first tour dates. More

Jan 28, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes) have teamed up as the new band Better Oblivion Community Center and last week they surprise released their self-titled debut album via Dead Oceans (it's out on CD/vinyl February 22). On Saturday they stopped by CBS This Morning to perform three songs from the album: "Dylan Thomas," "Didn't Know What I Was In For," and "My City." More

Jan 25, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

This was a helluva week for new music. Monday was fairly quiet due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, but Foals officially announced two albums and shared a cinematic video for a new song. More

Jan 24, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes) have teamed up as the new band Better Oblivion Community Center and have surprise released their self-titled debut album via Dead Oceans (it's out on CD/vinyl February 22). Last night they stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to announce the project and perform the album's "Dylan Thomas." More

Dec 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers released her debut album, Stranger in the Alps, back in September 2017 via Dead Oceans and then released a deluxe digital version in October 2018, also via Dead Oceans. Now she has shared a video for the album's stunning "Killer" (an acoustic version of the song was the first thing Bridgers ever released). More

Dec 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers has done a session for Spotify where she has covered The Cure's classic "Friday I'm in Love," from their 1992 album Wish, turning it into a piano-backed ballad. She also performed her own song "Scott Street." Listen below, followed by the video for The Cure's original. More

Nov 30, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

We didn't do a Songs of the Week last week due to the Thanksgiving holiday and long weekend. Beyond the fact that we were taking a break from work, there simply weren't enough songs released last week to justify a Songs of the Week wrap up. More

Nov 29, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers has shared a cover of McCarthy Trenching's "Christmas Song." It features guest vocals from Jackson Browne and includes sleigh bells, so it's a full on Christmas song. More

Nov 16, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Boygenius is a new supergroup featuring three amazing singer/songwriters: Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. Their self-titled debut EP came out recently via Matador.  More

Nov 14, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Mercury Rev have announced a new album, The Delta Sweete Revisited, where they cover Bobbie Gentry's 1968 "country-rock opera" The Delta Sweete in its entirety, each with a different guest singer, and have shared its first single, a cover of "Sermon" featuring Margo Price.  More

Nov 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Boygenius is a new supergroup featuring three amazing singer/songwriters: Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. Last night the trio and their backing band stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers to perform "Me & My Dog," a song led by Bridgers. More

Oct 26, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Boygenius is a new supergroup featuring three amazing singer/songwriters: Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. Their self-titled debut EP was due out November 9 via Matador and while the physical release is still scheduled for that day, they have released the EP digitally two weeks early. You can stream the whole thing here. More

Sep 19, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Los Angeles singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers released her debut album, Stranger in the Alps, back in September 2017 via Dead Oceans. Now, a year later, she has stopped by Conan to make her late night TV debut and perform the album's "Motion Sickness." More

Sep 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Los Angeles singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers released her debut album, Stranger in the Alps, back in September 2017 via Dead Oceans. Now, a year later, she has shared a new video for the album's "Scott Street."  More

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

Aug 21, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Boygenius is a new supergroup featuring three amazing singer/songwriters: Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. They have announced their self-titled debut EP, which is due out November 9 via Matador. But you don't have to wait until then to hear half the EP, as today they have shared three of its six tracks: "Bite the Hand" (led by Dacus), "Me & My Dog" (led by Bridgers), and "Stay Down" (led by Baker). More

May 18, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Lord Huron have teamed up with Phoebe Bridgers for a new version of "The Night We Met," which originally appeared on Lord Huron's 2015 album Strange Trails (but didn't feature Bridgers). The new version appears on the soundtrack of season 2 of the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why. More

Apr 09, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The National have announced a two-day live event at Forest Hills Stadium on September 29 and 30 that will features performances from the band as well as from Cat Power, Future Islands, U.S. Girls, Phoebe Bridges, Bully, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Cigarettes After Sex, and Adia Victoria.  More

Dec 31, 2017 By Mark Redfern

The majority of 2017's best debut albums came from female artists or bands fronted by women, from London-based all-female indie-pop teenaged trio Girl Ray and Syria-born singer/songwriter Bedouine (aka Azniv Korkejian) to Australian indie rocker Alex Lahey and New Zealand bedroom pop artist Fazerdaze (aka Amelia Murray). Midnight Sister, Priests, and Charly Bliss are all female-fronted bands as well, on top of other women solo artists on our Top 15 Debut Albums of 2017 list.  More

Dec 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Los Angeles singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers released her debut album, Stranger in the Alps, back in September via Dead Oceans. Now she has shared a video for "Would You Rather," a song that features Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes). Oberst appears in the video too. More

Nov 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Los Angeles singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers released her debut album, Stranger in the Alps, in September via Dead Oceans. Now she has shared a cover of the Christmas classic "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."  More

Oct 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

If you support Under the Radar's Patreon page at the minimum contribution of at least $1.00 a month you get access to our Patreon-only feed featuring exclusive content only available to Patreon supporters. Now Dead Oceans have also donated a vinyl copy of Phoebe Bridgers' excellent debut album, Stranger in the Alps, to give away to one lucky Under the Radar Patreon supporter.  More

Oct 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Fall 2017 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar's app and the magazine app Readly. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon (as well as available soon digitally via the magazine app Zinio). The issue features Julien Baker on the cover. More

Oct 05, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Tom Petty, the singer/songwriter/guitarist who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with his band as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died Monday night after suffering cardiac arrest Sunday night in his home in Malibu, Los Angeles.  More

Sep 15, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Okay, okay. Since starting our Songs of the Week posts, we've slowly increased from having five songs, then six songs, then seven songs, then eight songs, and then for the last couple of weeks, nine songs. We think it's time to just settle on an even Top 10.  More

Sep 12, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Los Angeles singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers drew some attention back in January for her single "Smoke Signals" and in 2015 also released a three-song single, Killer, produced by Ryan Adams. Now the 22-year-old is releasing her debut album, Stranger in the Alps, on September 22 via Dead Oceans. More

Aug 23, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Los Angeles singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers drew some attention back in January for her single "Smoke Signals" and in 2015 also released a three-song single, Killer, produced by Ryan Adams. Now the 22-year-old is releasing her debut album, Stranger in the Alps, on September 22 via Dead Oceans.  More

Jul 21, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

This week we announced our new print issue, which features Grizzly Bear on the cover, so how could we not name them Song of the Week? But they legitimately deserve the honor, as each of the four singles from their forthcoming new album, Painted Ruins, have been stellar and "Neighbors" is no exception.  More

Jul 18, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers drew some attention back in January for her single "Smoke Signals" and in 2015 also released a three-song single, Killer, produced by Ryan Adams. Now the 22-year-old has announced her debut album, Stranger in the Alps, and shared a lyric video for its first single, "Motion Sickness."  More

Jun 07, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Here's a roundup of all the other news items we couldn't get to today and yesterday, including stories on Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Swervedriver, Thee Oh Sees, BEAK>, Phoebe Bridgers, Susanne Sundfør, and Shabazz Palaces. More

Nov 30, 2017 By Frank Valish

Phoebe Bridgers always wanted to be a singer. The 22-year-old Pasadena, CA native recently released her debut album, Stranger in the Alps, but it seems that she has spent her whole life preparing for this. She played her first open mic night at 13, opened for Peter Case (of The Nerves and The Plimsouls) when she was 14, and graduated from the prestigious Los Angeles County High School for the Arts in 2013.  More

Sep 18, 2017 By Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Phoebe Bridgers' debut album is best listened to on starry midnight walks, head reeling with thoughts of lovers old and new. More