“This is, like, our 15th time in New York,” MJ Lenderman told the crowd at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre on Thursday night. That’s only a slight exaggeration. This time last year, the North Carolina guitarist kicked off three nights at the 650-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg in support of his breakthrough …
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“Say I wanna have your baby/‘Cause I freckle and you tan.” It’s a startlingly great couplet that’s been rattling inside our heads all summer, ever since Wednesday previewed their new album, Bleeds, with the single “Elderberry Wine” in May. Some might tell their partner, “I hope our kid gets your …
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Karly Hartzman, the lead singer and songwriter for the band Wednesday, finds inspiration pretty much where she goes. “I’m always just on like a continuous writing mode. I write whenever I get even the slightest feeling. Whenever I feel inspired by something I’m experiencing or remembering or watching or reading, …
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In 2005, when the singer-songwriter Ryan Davis was 20, he left Chicago for Glasgow. It was part of an exchange program between the Art Institute of Chicago, where Davis was a junior, and the Glasgow School of Art, but progress on his fine art degree was an afterthought. Davis arrived …
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A Jason Molina tribute album is on its way. On Thursday, Run for Cover Records announced I Will Swim to You: a Tribute to Jason Molina, a collection of renditions honoring the late leader of alternative bands Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. The label also dropped a cover of …
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It’s Wednesday yet again, which means it’s only right for North Carolina indie–rock favorites Wednesday to drop a new song, “Wound Up Here (By Holdin On),” and announce their next album, Bleeds, will be out Sept. 19 via Dead Oceans. Following the breezy alt-country single, “Elderberry Wine,” “Wound Up Here” …
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It’s only fitting that Wednesday returns on a Wednesday. The indie rockers are back with the new single “Elderberry Wine.” The track opens with Karly Hartzman’s razor-sharp lines (“Aint heard that voice in a long time/Had to check back there to make sure you were alive”), with MJ Lenderman on …
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Hey hey, my my: Mk.gee, the Beaches, Wet Leg, and MJ Lenderman will headline Rolling Stone Presents: Gather No Moss, a rock & roll tour stopping in four major cities this summer. The showcase will kick off on July 26 at the Fillmore in Denver, with Mk.gee leading the bill. …
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After putting out two of the best albums — indie rock or otherwise — of 2024, MJ Lenderman and This Is Lorelei are linking up, with the former sharing a new version of the latter’s “Dancing in the Club.” Lenderman’s rendition of the tune is set to appear on the …
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MJ Lenderman reveals in a new interview that he will no longer tour with Wednesday — the Asheville indie rock band where he’s served as lead guitarist since 2018 — but he will continue to take part in the group’s studio output. In the GQ profile, Lenderman spilled that he …
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