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Plus Faye Webster, Sigur Rós, Palehound, Strange Ranger, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 23, 2023
By Mark Redfern (with Kat Ramkumar)
Welcome to the 22nd Songs of the Week of 2023. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because I was out of town last Thursday to this Monday in Washington, DC, covering Awesome Con. So, this week’s Songs of the Week is supersized and incorporates tracks from the last two weeks. More
Sugar the Bruise Due Out This Friday via Fat Possum
Jun 13, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Hand Habits (aka Meg Duffy, who uses they/them pronouns) is releasing a new EP, Sugar the Bruise. Now they have shared its third and final pre-release single, “The Bust of Nefertiti.” More
Plus Strange Ranger, Lightning Dust, High Pulp, Sen Morimoto, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 05, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the sixteenth Songs of the Week of 2023. There weren’t any tracks this week that screamed, “This is the very best song of the week!” But still there was plenty to like. More
Sugar the Bruise Due Out June 16 via Fat Possum
May 02, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Hand Habits (aka Meg Duffy, who uses they/them pronouns) is releasing a new EP (or mini-album), Sugar the Bruise, on June 16 via Fat Possum. Now they have shared its second single, “Private Life,” via a music video. More
Plus The Beths, Jenny Lewis, Lightning Dust, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 31, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the twelfth Songs of the Week of 2023. The pickings were a little slimmer this week, but we found enough singles (and one album track) to come up with a solid Top 10. More
Sugar the Bruise Due Out June 16 via Fat Possum
Mar 27, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Hand Habits (aka Meg Duffy, who uses they/them pronouns) have announced a new EP (or mini-album), Sugar the Bruise, and shared its first single, “Something Wrong.” They have also announced some new summer tour dates. More
“Greatest Weapon” b/w “Under the Water” Out Now via Psychic Hotline
Sep 14, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Hand Habits (aka Meg Duffy) has shared two new singles: “Greatest Weapon,” which features Nick Sanborn and Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso on backing vocals, and “Under the Water,” which has Meath on lead vocals. Both singles are out now as part of Psychic Hotline’s Singles Series. More
Big Time Out Now via Jagjaguwar
Jun 23, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Angel Olsen has shared a cover of Lucinda Williams’ 1998 song “Greenville” as part of the Amazon Originals Program. The cover features backing vocals from Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy and was engineered by Kyle Thomas (King Tuff). More
Supporting Acts Will Be Hand Habits and Julia Holter
Nov 16, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Perfume Genius (aka Mike Hadreas) has announced dates for a 2022 North American tour. Supporting acts for the tour will be Hand Habits and Julia Holter. More
Nov 04, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Christian Lee Hutson has shared a video for his new song “Strawberry Lemonade,” which was produced by Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst. The song features backing vocals from Oberst and Sharon Silva, along with electric guitar from Meg Duffy (Hand Habits) and piano/trumpet from Nathaniel Wolcott, Oberst’s fellow Bright Eyes member. More
Squeeze Due Out February 25 via Domino
Oct 26, 2021
By Joey Arnone
SASAMI (aka Los Angeles-based musician Sasami Ashworth) has announced the release of a new album titled Squeeze. It will be out on February 25 via Domino. Ashworth has also shared videos for two new singles: “The Greatest” and “Skin a Rat,” and has announced a headlining U.S. tour for 2022. Jennifer Juniper Stratford directed the video for “The Greatest” and Andrew Thomas Huang (FKA twigs, Björk) both directed the “Skin a Rat” visual and shot the album’s cover art. More
Fun House Due Out October 22 via Saddle Creek
Oct 06, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Hand Habits (aka Meg Duffy) has shared a video for their new song “Clean Air.” It is the latest single from their forthcoming album, Fun House, which will be out on October 22 via Saddle Creek. More
Fun House Due Out October 22 via Saddle Creek
Sep 15, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Hand Habits (aka Meg Duffy) has shared a new song titled “Graves.” It is the latest single from their forthcoming album, Fun House, which will be out on October 22 via Saddle Creek. More
Fun House Due Out October 22 via Saddle Creek
Aug 26, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Hand Habits (the project of Meg Duffy) has shared a video for their new single “No Difference.” It is the latest release from their upcoming album Fun House, due out on October 22 via Saddle Creek. Duffy has also announced a tour with Perfume Genius and Andy Shauf which will begin next month. More
Fun House Due Out October 22 via Saddle Creek
Aug 03, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Hand Habits (the project of Meg Duffy) has announced the release of their forthcoming album Fun House, also sharing a video for the album’s lead single “Aquamarine.” More
dirt EP Due Out February 19 on Saddle Creek
Feb 10, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Hand Habits (the project of Meg Duffy) has shared a cover of Neil Young’s “I Believe in You.” It will be featured on their upcoming EP, dirt EP, which comes out on February 19 via Saddle Creek. Duffy’s version of “I Believe in You” features additional vocals from SASAMI, Kyle Thomas (King Tuff), Ellen Kempner (Palehound), and John Andrews. More
dirt EP Will Be Out February 19 via Saddle Creek
Jan 19, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Hand Habits (the project of Meg Duffy) has announced a new EP, dirt EP, which will be released on February 19 via Saddle Creek. Duffy has also shared a video for the first song and lead single from the EP, “4th of july.” More
Hemsworth’s Self-Titled Debut EP Will Be Out December 4 via Saddle Creek
Nov 24, 2020
By Joey Arnone
Quarter Life Crisis, the musical project of artist Ryan Hemsworth, has shared a new song, “You & Me,” which features vocals by Claud. The song will be featured on Hemsworth’s upcoming self-titled debut EP, which is set to drop on December 4 via Saddle Creek. More
From the Second Part of Olsen’s Cosmic Stream Livestream Event
Jul 16, 2020
By Samantha Small
In an empty Masonic Temple in Asheville, Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy joined Angel Olsen for the second edition of Olsen’s Cosmic Stream livestream event. The duo did an acoustic cover of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “Walls.” More
Sorceress and Looking Glass Series Both Out Now via Mexican Summer
Jun 25, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Jess Williamson released a new album, Sorceress, last month via Mexican Summer. Williamson has shared a new song, “Pictures of Flowers,” which features Hand Habits and is not found on Sorceress. Instead it’s taken from Mexican Summer’s new Looking Glass singles series on Bandcamp. More
Plus Waxahatchee, Hand Habits, and Others
Apr 22, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
The lineup for the 2019 Woodsist Festival has been announced. Put on by the Woodsist label and its flagship band Woods, the festival will feature the 2009 lineup of Woods (featuring Kevin Morby and G Lucas Crane) in honor of the 10th anniversary of the band’s Songs of Shame. Morby will be performing solo as well and the lineup also features Real Estate, Whitney, Waxahatchee, Hand Habits, and others. More
Interviews
Oct 21, 2021
By Mark Moody
One could certainly understand Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy (who uses they/them pronouns) being a little bit on the sleepy side the Sunday morning we spoke. Forced into pandemic hibernation like the rest of us, Duffy has emerged with their best sounding and most revealing album to date, Fun House (due out tomorrow on Saddle Creek). More
Reviews
Oct 22, 2021
By Mark Moody
Fun House, the third album by Hand Habits (aka Meg Duffy, who uses they/them pronouns), is undoubtedly their best to date. Though it seems something of an affront to subject Fun House’s artistry to conventional measures or a stack ranking. More
Feb 19, 2021
By Mark Moody
At the risk of turning the pandemic into a competition, it would appear that Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy has been living out their best quarantine life. More
Feb 26, 2019
By Timothy Michalik
Meg Duffy’s work under the moniker Hand Habits extracts the most precise and aesthetically pleasing attributes of her guitar work contributions to the likes of Kevin Morby (who Duffy has spent the last three years with as supporting lead guitarist) and The War on Drugs—this is where the similarities stop, though. More
