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AF 2020 IN REVIEWOur Favorite Albums and Singles of The Year

In a year that's been like no other for the music industry, it feels a bit weird to make a best of 2020 list - there have been no tours, venues and clubs across the globe are in danger of closing their doors for good, release schedules were shuffled beyond recognition, and musicians have had to...

Lindsey Rhoades

RSVP HEREHnry Flwr Livestreams via BABY.tv + MORE

studio Hnry Flwr is Brooklyn's musical guru guiding us towards the mystery and beauty of the infinite void. Hnry Flwr is the musical project of David Van Witt, and he has quite the origin story - his first impression of this world was living in a...

Tarra Thiessen

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RSVP HERETHICK Livestream via The Noise Instagram + MORE

Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE. Due to live show cancellations we will be covering virtual live music events and festivals. Photo Credit: Devon Bristol Shaw When I was a teenager THICK would have been my favorite band just as much as they're one of my favorite band's...

Tarra Thiessen

RSVP HERESUO Bartends Listen Bar's Virtual Happy Hour + MORE

Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE. Due to live show cancellations we will be covering virtual live music events and festivals. SUO is the solo project of artist and musician Saara Untracht-Oakner that came to fruition after 15 years of songwriting and a decade of touring....

Tarra Thiessen

PLAYING COLUMBUSKizzy Hall and Diet Cig @ Ace of Cups

All photos by Kaiya Gordon "Y'all Ohioans know how to do rock bands in a way the rest of the country is trying to catch up to," said Caleb Cordes of Sinai Vessel on Sunday night at the Ace of Cups. The band was following Columbus' own Kizzy Hall, who opened the show with a fast-paced set that, yes,...

Kaiya Gordon

LIVE REVIEWDiet Cig @ The Echo

Diet Cig at the Echo. All photos by Ashley Prillaman In the late Nineties, CDs cost around $20. Without the means to buy much, my CD "collection" included Green Day's Dookie, No Doubt's Return of Saturn, and Celine Dion's magnum opus Falling Into You. This distinct lack of variety caused me to...

Ashley Prillaman

A Female-Fronted FutureThoughts on SXSW 2017

Snail Mail at SXSW 2017. Photo by Lindsey Rhoades I didn't even have to break out my "The Future is Female" t-shirt to sound the alarm; at South by Southwest last week, the message was loud and clear. In a whirlwind five days, I saw dozens of acts - mostly emerging or signed to small labels - and...

Lindsey Rhoades

PLAYLISTThe Top Acts To Catch At Northside Festival

Hey Brooklyn! What are you doing next weekend? Really, the only acceptable answer is seeing at least one of these bands at Northside Festival, which runs from June 11-14 and hosts shows in venues from Acheron to Warsaw. The schedule is packed with amazing artists, and to help you choose which shows...

Emily Daly