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ALBUM REVIEWFuture Islands "The Far Field"

“It’s not easy, just being human, and the lights and the smoke and screens,” sings Sam Herring on Future Islands’ latest record, The Far Field. It isn’t. Our lives are a sloppy amalgamation of highs and lows, love and hate, obsession and apathy. In essence, this record faces this reality head on:...

Mandy Brownholtz

INTERVIEWJana Hunter

Before Jana Hunter became the woman behind the Baltimore-based Lower Dens, she was a solo singer-songwriter from Houston, TX. After releasing her 2005 debut Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom and two follow-up albums through Devendra Banhart’s label, she started her current dreamy, psychedelic project....

Emily Daly

AF EXCLUSIVE TRACKWhich Magic "Electra Light"

the dazzling Sara Autrey of Which Magic It wasn't very long ago that I stumbled upon Which Magic's bandcamp page, but it feels like I've listened to and loved Sara Autrey's Baltimore-based project forever. It could be the timeless, soulful quality of her voice, or her innovative, fearless,...

Lindsey Rhoades