SXSW 2025 is underway! The music portion of the long-running Austin, Texas festival got started with a scattering of big and small shows around town as evening fell on March 11. If you knew where to look, you might find a classic rock legend, a chart-topping pop star, or any …
Read More »Relive Five Years of U.S. Girls' 'Lives' With Surprise Concert Album
Meg Remy, who performs as U.S. Girls, has tied a bow on the past five years of her life with the release of Lives, a surprise concert album she just released. The record, available on major streaming services, features music she performed with three different iterations of the U.S. Girls …
Read More »U.S. Girls' Meg Remy Isn't Sure About the Future
THE FUTURE OFMusic Interviewis a Q&A in which our favorite artists and producers share their vision of what’s next, weighing in on everything from AI to emerging scenes to the artists inspiring them the most. Meg Remy has been imagining radical new futures in her music for more than a …
Read More »Afrobeats, Música Mexicana, and a Canadian Hologram Take Austin
Would you believe us if we said a hologram sponsored by the government of Ontario was one of the best things we saw on the second full day of SXSW 2023? There were plenty of flesh-and-blood performances that knocked our socks off, too, as the festival hit its stride with …
Read More »U.S. Girls Want You to Suit Up, Show Out on New Disco Delight 'Tux'
U.S. Girls are back with one more new song, “Tux (Your Body Fills Me, Boo),” before the release of their next album, Bless This Mess, out this Friday, Feb. 24, via 4AD. The glittering disco gem — which arrives with a music video starring the dancer Libydo — finds U.S. …
Read More »How Meg Remy Made U.S. Girls' Messiest, Funkiest, Most Ambitious Album Yet
The breast pump was waiting for Meg Remy at her Toronto home when returned from the hospital with twins. A friend had given it to her, even though Remy wasn’t initially sure if she’d use the machine. But with two newborns to feed, she charged it up, flipped the switch …
Read More »U.S. Girls Turn Suburban Kitsch Into a Beautiful Existential Ballad on New Song 'Bless This Mess'
U.S. Girls turn a kitschy suburban household phrase into a stunning alt-pop ballad on their new song, “Bless This Mess.” The song harkens back to the diva ballads of yesteryear, with Meg Remy crooning about life’s constant complications and entanglements over a delicate electric piano. The track also arrives with …
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