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Katie Underwood Joins Bardot Bandmate Belinda Chapple to Debut Duo Ka’Bel

Bardot bandmates Belinda Chapple (left) and Katie Underwood (right) have reunited to release their first single as Ka'Bel. Katie Underwood and Belinda Chapple battled through a pandemic, an ocean between them, and their own doubts to form a duo and release new single "Broken Hearted" under the...

Cat Woods

Emily Blue Searches for Queer Utopia on Forthcoming Pop Project The Afterlove

One of the first Chicago artists I’ve ever seen appear on stage flanked by dancers who not only made their choreography and transitions appear effortless,...

Jessi Roti

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PLAYING DETROITAssemble Sound’s Alexander Lynch Returns With Moody Banger “Wine Drunk”

From the outside, Assemble Sound looks like just another one of Detroit’s beautiful historic churches. And, technically, it is - but this particular church’s religion is music. The 145-year-old church serves as an artist residency and recording studio, does licensing/supervision, and has garnered a...

Sara Barron

ONLY NOISEShiny Happy Pop Songs Holding Hands

I have appointed myself with the task of making a playlist of songs I enjoy for their sheer mood-erecting abilities, which was harder than you might think. They can’t just be any peppy pop songs. I have to love of course. I may be in a good mood, but I’m still a snob.

Madison Bloom

INTERVIEW/EP REVIEWLuna Aura "Madhouse"

Some of us spend our whole lives trying to appear normal and follow the crowd, but sometimes the key to success is living your own brand of insanity.

Emily Daly

TRACK PREMIEREWest AM “Honey”

"Honey" is about the desire for something other than what we have.

Sophie Saint Thomas

ARTIST INTERVIEWParlour Tricks

Missing a music festival due to travel delays caused by a snow storm is worse than the brown frozen crunchy puddles that fill Brooklyn. Rather than escape the cold concrete jungle for warm Savannah, where New York City-based "pretty/gritty" pop rockers Parlour Tricks were performing, I had to...

Sophie Saint Thomas

ARTIST OF THE MONTHHer Habits

When discussing artists, a phenomenon frequently comes up among those who work in the industry. You may adore someone, yet not be so into their music, or discover your favorite artist is kind of an ass. Her Habits (singer/songwriter Joanie Wolkoff) passes both the human and art test with flying...

Sophie Saint Thomas