Jun 23, 2023
By Ian Rushbury
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Although What Matters Most is his first studio album since So There, his collaboration in 2015 with the string ensemble yMusic, Ben Folds has been keeping himself busy. More
Jun 15, 2023
By Lee Campbell
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Following their Mercury Music Prize-nominated record Spook the Herd, the pressure was on for Lanterns on the Lake on their fifth studio album, Versions of Us. Hazel Wilde is chief songwriter and lead vocalist for the band, who remain loyal to their north-east UK roots in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. More
Jun 09, 2023
By Mark Moody
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“I’m kind of like a trucker,” Jess Williamson muses from her perfectly appointed and self-proclaimed “hobbit house” in Los Angeles. The Texas born and bred singer/songwriter splits her time between her cozy SoCal abode and the more expansive horizons of the western most region of her home state. More
Jun 09, 2023
By Andy Steiner
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“Shit’s fucked, but life can be good,” Alex Lahey shrugs. That’s the perfect summary of her recently released third album The Answer Is Always Yes. Across her power pop anthems, Lahey turns frustration into joy, and boring conversations into comedies. In the face of inconvenience or even dismay, Alex Lahey laughs. More
Jun 02, 2023
By Andy Von Pip
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound and long-lasting impact on the music sector. Concerts and festivals were cancelled, revenue streams were lost, and tour plans were thrown into disarray as musicians pivoted to online performances. More
May 26, 2023
By Mark Redfern
To conclude the week, we ask Elizabeth Stokes of The Beths some questions about endings and death. More
May 10, 2023
By Caleb Campbell
Kristine Flaherty entered last year with the release of her fourth full-length record as K.Flay, Inside Voices/Outside Voices, combining her two latest EPs. Flaherty spent much of the year on the go, touring and prepping new music before she was met with an unexpected seismic shift that fall. She had completely lost all hearing in her right ear due to a fluke viral infection. More
May 01, 2023
By Patrick Flanary
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In the eight years since Tanlines last released an album, singer/guitarist Eric Emm and percussionist Jesse Cohen hit their 40s, became dads, and went their separate ways—sort of. More
Apr 26, 2023
By Mariel Fechik
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Bria Salmena and her collaborator, Duncan Hay Jennings, are not country musicians. But you’d be forgiven for thinking otherwise if you saw them playing in Orville Peck’s band, decked out in cowboy hats and sequins, and also since Bria’s solo outing (and its new followup) consists of six country covers, filtered through Bria’s brassy voice and post-punk context. More
