“I’m thinking about breaking your heart someday soon,” Lucy Dacus confesses in “Limerence,” one of the highlights from her fourth album Forever Is a Feeling. It’s a twisted supper-club piano ballad where she’s munching popcorn with friends who smoke weed and play Grand Theft Auto. But the Virginia indie-rock troubadour …
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A few years ago, Jasmine Cruickshank found herself adrift. After coming out as trans, the English singer-songwriter got divorced and decamped from Bristol to Manchester, where she slept on floors and discovered a new wellspring of inspiration: her true self. “I really struggled, in the years leading up to my …
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Julien Baker teamed up with Jasmine.4.t for a rendition of System of a Down‘s 2001 single “Toxicity” at SXSW. Baker joined the British musician and her band for a raucous take on the hard rock track during Jasmine.4.t’s set at the Austin festival. Before launching into the cover, the musician …
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Jensen McRae’s sophomore album I Don’t Know How But They Found Me! will be released on April 25th. The singer-songwriter’s album announcement comes with new single “Praying For Your Downfall” and a run of headlining tour dates across North America, Europe, and the U.K. On “Praying For Your Downfall,” McRae’s …
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Over the last few years, Muna has been on a creative roll that’s made them one of the most deservedly beloved indie-pop bands around right now. “Silk Chiffon,” their catchy, buoyant 2022 declaration of queer love, was a breakout streaming hit, a highlight of their self-titled album, which was released …
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A new album from Christian Lee Hutson is on the way. On Tuesday, the indie folk musician released the single “After Hours” and announced his album Paradise Pop. 10, which includes collaborations with Phoebe Bridgers, Katy Kirby, and Maya Hawke. For Hutson, Paradise Pop, out Sept. 27, will serve as …
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Soccer Mommy welcomed guest Phoebe Bridgers onstage Tuesday during her Los Angeles gig, with the duo delivering a rendition of Elliott Smith’s “The Biggest Lie.” Taking the stage at the Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Soccer Mommy (a.k.a. Sophie Allison) and Bridgers first reminisced about touring together in …
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Have you ever loved a TV show? Like, really loved it, to the point where your identity became wrapped up in it, where you engaged in life-or-death debates over characters and story arcs, strongest seasons and best episodes? Where the minutiae and the mythology of it became something between a …
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The folk-pop duo Better Oblivion Community Center, helmed by Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst, made a surprise reunion on Thursday night at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles. The venue has been hosting weekly shows as part of the Conor Oberst and Friends residency since early March. Bridgers’ special appearance …
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost’s (D-Fla.) MadSoul music festival was supposed to be a party for activists — a celebration of Central Florida’s progressive and queer community, in a hostile state. Frost wanted to show how far the community has come and its defiant rejection of Florida’s increasingly …
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