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PLAYING SEATTLEJulia Francis Has a Fierce "Cinderella" Story to Tell

On the newly-released version of her single “Cinderella,” Seattle rocker Julia Francis repeats the phrase, “Getting intimate in my mind,” with rasping, smoky vibrato. Francis' distinctive vocal performance—and the emotionally tumultuous content of "Cinderella"—brings to mind Janis Joplin and...

Alexa Peters

Anya Baghina Explores Non-Linear Stages of Grief with "To Be Alone"

With her last four singles, Brooklyn-based songwriter Anya Baghina (also of Soviet Girls) has uncoiled an intimate vignette into the past three years of her life. The songs encapsulate a time period characterized by grief, longing, change, and growth and are capped off with her recent video for the...

Sara Barron