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Plus Pearla, Gruff Rhys, koleżanka, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 27, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the fourth Songs of the Week of 2023. After a stacked, blockbuster seven days that was last week (filled with big album announcements and three boygenius songs), things settled down this week. Still, there was plenty to like. More
Oh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime is Coming Due Out February 10 via Spacebomb
Jan 26, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Brooklyn’s Pearla (aka Nicole Rodriguez) is releasing her debut album, Oh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime Is Coming, on February 10 via Spacebomb. Now she has shared the album’s final pre-release single, “Unglow The.” More
New LP Oh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime Is Coming Out February 10th on Spacebomb Records
Nov 16, 2022
By Caleb Campbell
Pearla is the indie pop project of Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Nicole Rodriguez, first debuting in 2019 with the exploratory awe and consciously offbeat indie pop of her EP, Quilting and Other Activities. More
Oh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime is Coming Due Out February 10, 2023
Aug 15, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Pearla (aka Nicole Rodriguez) has shared a new single, “Ming the Clam.” It is the latest release from her forthcoming debut album, Oh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime Is Coming, which will be out on February 10, 2023 via Spacebomb. More
Interviews
Feb 10, 2023
By Mark Moody
It is apparent after an initial listen through Pearla’s debut album, Oh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime Is Coming (out today on Spacebomb), that the project’s alter ego, Nicole Rodriguez, is no stranger to the melding of words, melodies, and arrangements into intricately woven miniatures to be marveled at. Though her first album—the follow-up to the 2019 EP Quilting & Other Activities (released on EggHunt)—there is a depth of exploration of herself and the world around her that make it evident there is a much longer ramp to today than the typical “I started a band in college” crowd. More
Under the Radar selects its top tips for the New Year
Dec 28, 2022
By Dom Gourlay
Under the Radar’s writers select 23 acts they’re most excited about in 2023. More
Reviews
Feb 17, 2023
By Mark Moody
If you missed Pearla’s (aka Nicole Rodriguez) 2019 EP Quilting & Other Activities, it’s probably for the best. More
