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Wrestling with "Sad Girl Indie" and the Limits of Rawness

Their conversation revealed an uncomfortable...

Annie Parnell

RSVP HEREAutomatic stream via Bandcamp + MORE

Automatic are an LA post-punk three piece composed of Izzy Glaudini on synths/vocals, Lola Dompé on drums/vocals, and Halle Saxon on bass/vocals. Their 2019 debut record Signal sounds like Suicide and Broadcast formed a supergroup to play at the end of a David Lynch film. I spent a month in LA last...

Tarra Thiessen

NEWS ROUNDUPBrooklyn Music, Coachella and More

Vagabon headlines one of Silent Barn's final shows tomorrow night. Photo by Ebru Yildiz. Brooklyn Music, Coachella and More By Jasmine Williams Brooklyn Music News This week is big for Brooklyn announcements! Silent Barn announced their final lineup of shows. The bittersweet list starts with Partner,...

Jasmine Williams

PLAYING COLUMBUSJay Som @ Ace of Cups

Jay Som has had a big year. Since Polyvinyl picked up the project – conceived and led by Oakland's Melina Duterte – in 2016, Duterte has released a second full-length album (Everybody Works), toured nationally, played a tiny desk concert at NPR, and received extensive coverage by major media...

Kaiya Gordon

NEWS ROUNDUPPrincess Nokia a Soup-er Hero, Music Industry Assault Allegations and More

Princess Nokia Stands Up To Racist, Goes Viral This week, a viral video showed NYC commuters standing up to a drunk guy on the train when he started yelling racist insults at a group of teenagers. At the end of the video, as he’s pushed out of the train car, someone launches a container of soup at...

Emily Daly

PREVIEW10+ Must-See Bands @ Northside Festival

Summer doesn't officially start until June 21st, but in Brooklyn, the informal kick-off feels more like the first week of June thanks to the annual Northside Festival. Growing exponentially since its inception in 2009, Northside provides sensory overload in the best way possible, with hundreds of...

Madison Bloom

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