Sep 15, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Skullcrusher (Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Helen Ballentine) has shared a video for her new single, “It’s Like a Secret” It is the latest release from her forthcoming debut album, Quiet the Room, which will be out on October 14 via Secretly Canadian. More

Aug 18, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Skullcrusher (Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Helen Ballentine) has shared videos for two new singles, “They Quiet the Room” and “Quiet the Room.” They are the latest releases from her forthcoming debut album, Quiet the Room, which will be out on October 14 via Secretly Canadian. More

Apr 29, 2021 By Emma Goad

Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Helen Ballentine, who records under the name Skullcrusher, has announced numerous fall show dates which will be her first ever U.S. tour. More

Mar 12, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2021. President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill was signed into law by the president yesterday and many Americans will soon be receiving new $1400 stimulus checks, as well as other relief. More

Mar 08, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Skullcrusher, the musical moniker of LA-based singer/songwriter Helen Ballentine, has announced a new EP, Storm in Summer, and shared its title track, via a video for the new single. More

Feb 01, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Skullcrusher, the musical moniker of LA-based singer/songwriter Helen Ballentine, has shared a new song, “Song for Nick Drake,” via a video for it. 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 19, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Skullcrusher, the musical moniker of LA-based singer/songwriter Helen Ballentine, has shared a new song, “Farm,” via a video, and also released a cover of Radiohead’s “Lift.” They follow her self-titled debut EP, released in June via Secretly Canadian. More

Jul 24, 2020 By Jennifer Irving

Skullcrusher, the musical moniker of LA-based singer/songwriter Helen Ballentine, has released her self-titled debut EP today on Secretly Canadian and has also shared a new video for “Trace,” a previously unreleased track from the EP. Both stream the EP and watch the video below.

May 29, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Lily Guthrie, Samantha Small, and Julian Roberts-Grmela)

Welcome to the 21st Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under quarantine, the same as the last week. In terms of this week’s new songs, the pickings were somewhat slim, perhaps partly because Monday was Memorial Day, meaning less new tracks of note were shared these week. But we’ve still come up with some that we liked (albeit, only a Top 9, instead of our usual Top 10). More

May 27, 2020 By Julian Roberts-Grmela

Skullcrusher (aka Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Helen Ballentine) has shared a new song, “Day of Show,” via a video for the track that plays like a hazy childhood VHS dream. More

Apr 27, 2021 By Mark Moody

Helen Ballentine’s recorded output as Skullcrusher has only been released into the midst of the current pandemic plaguing us all. So, forgive her for persisting in a mode of uncertainty and anxiousness brought on by a year’s plus worth of mind-numbing stasis. More