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Tokyo-Based Experimentalist Noah Releases Fashion-Inspired Étoile EP

Étoile, the latest EP from Japanese musician Noah, is comprised of only three tracks and clocks in at just 12 minutes. Yet, the Hokkaido-born, Tokyo-based artist has packed in an album’s-worth of emotion that unfolds like a film score. One of her influences in making this EP, out October 27 via...

Liz Ohanesian

Michelle Rose Makes Her Own Dreams Come True "One Promise At a Time"

Fans of the show are probably already humming (or belting) its singular refrain: "I am...

Lindsey Rhoades

New Chance Blurs Lines Between Digital and Physical Realms with "Two Pictures" Premiere

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Sara Barron

LIVE REVIEWXiu Xiu @ The Chapel

Xiu Xiu, touring with members of Swans' live ensemble, played SF's The Chapel on 5/28. Photo by Shomei Tomatsu “Loner,” Thor Harris murmurs matter-of-factly, temporarily seizing the mic from Xiu Xiu frontman, Jamie Stewart. “Lonerrrrrr.” It’s a fitting accusation to thrust into this particular sea...

Lydia Sviatoslavsky

PLAYING DETROITKrissy Booth Shares Eye-Opening Single "Lose Sleep With You"

After releasing her entirely self-produced experimental pop album, VIVID, in 2015, Detroit-based songstress Krissy Booth has fully transitioned to the bright side of pop with her single “Lose Sleep With You.” Where VIVID is built on dark warbly bass and the pain of a bad breakup, “Lose Sleep With...

Sara Barron

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PLAYING COLUMBUSGalen Tipton Sparkles on First LP Nightbath

As the dusk of May began to fall on Ohio, I discovered fireflies. The first time I saw them, flickering across my cobbled neighborhood street, my overjoyed reaction made my roommate laugh: pointing and squealing like a kid, I couldn’t get over the shock of them, the way that they zipped through the...

Kaiya Gordon

PLAYING DETROITWhateverfest Brings Detroit's Disparate Music Scenes Together

When you think about music festivals, it’s easy to picture giant stages, overcrowded drink lines, and teenagers in various species of headwear. Whateverfest - an all-genre, all-ages DIY festival based in Detroit - is pretty much the opposite of that. Born from a “what if” conversation between...

Sara Barron

PREMIERELillian Frances, Timeism EP

Lillian Frances rolls with the punches. When she developed tendonitis, losing the ability to play guitar, she knew it was time for a shift musically. Her resulting sophomore EP Timeism is light-hearted romp on an electronic playground, made for early summer days by the pool. Like many artists...

Ashley Prillaman

PLAYING DETROITRowan Niemisto Releases “Gradient” EP

Detroit artist Rowan Niemisto has only been producing solo work for a year or so, but he's already got two EPs and a handful of stand-alone singles under his belt. His latest EP Gradient dropped November 30th, written, recorded and produced entirely on his own. Niemisto deserves some serious props...

Sara Barron

ONLY NOISEAural Anesthesia

Last year, before the presidential election tore through the fabric of reality like Dr. Who’s Tardis, a friend invited me to indulge in her Groupon – for a float. “Floating” aka “Flotation Therapy,” is a physically simple practice achieved by resting your naked self atop a highly concentrated...

Madison Bloom

PLAYING DETROITMother Cyborg Teases Debut LP

Mother Cyborg by Ara Howrani For Diana Nucera, a.k.a Mother Cyborg, it's been a long time coming. Her long-awaited debut album Pressure Systems drops this week, and based on the two teaser singles "Earth Dreams" and "3souled Women" we are all wildly ill prepared (but so ready) for the journey....

Jerilyn Jordan

LIVE REVIEWThe Radio Dept. @ Union Transfer

The Radio Dept, with it's combination of mellow haze and hypnotic beats, is a particular live experience that hits somewhere right in between stress-free and somewhat imaginatively demanding.

Alexandra Freeman