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RSVP HERELydia Loveless Streams Career Spanning Set via NoonChorus + MORE

It's no question the past four years have drastically changed our lives, and alt-country staple Lydia Loveless is no exception. Last Friday (9/25) marked the release of Loveless' first album in 4 years, titled Daughter. The making of the record coincided with the parting from longstanding label...

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

REVIEWSleater-Kinney Isn't Dead

Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker carry on as Sleater-Kinney despite drummer Janet Weiss's departure. Press photo by Nikko Lamere. Sleater-Kinney is dead. Long-live Sleater-Kinney. I kept thinking these words as two-thirds of my favorite band played Milwaukee’s Pabst Theatre last Wednesday. Sprung...

Holly Henschen

NEWS ROUNDUPSt. Vincent Producing Sleater-Kinney LP, Woodstock Returns, and More

sleater-kinney and st. vincent, hollywood, ca, jan 2019. photograph by jonny cournoyer New Year, New Music By Lindsey Rhoades Sleater-Kinney is in the Studio... Producing an Album with St. Vincent If this tweet didn't warm your riot grrl heart, we don't know what will. Though details are scant (no...

Lindsey Rhoades

NEWS ROUNDUPRIP X?, Pride @ Ladyland and More...

LadyFag photographed by Peter Tamlin. By Jasmine Williams In Memoriam? Florida rapper, XXXTentacion, was killed on Monday in his home state when a drive by shooter open fired on him outside of a motorcycle dealer. Born Jahseh Onfroy, the twenty-year-old music rose to hip-hop prominence, thanks in...

Jasmine Williams

NEWS ROUNDUPNew Releases, Quincy Jones, Festival Updates and More

Unknown Mortal Orchestra New Tours and Upcoming Releases Members of long missed DC band Fugazi are coming out with an album in this spring. A self-titled debut fromThe Messthetics, featuring Brendan Canty and Joe Lally, is out March 23 via Dischord. Johnny Cash’s family will release a music version...

Jasmine Williams

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PLAYING COLUMBUSSt. Vincent @ Express Live!

"Columbus isn't Columbus without you love," Annie Clark sang, opening her 2017 single "New York" cabaret-style, stripped of her guitar, video projections, and samples. "It's called 'New York,'" Clark explained, "but you could substitute Columbus for it, and make your own tune with all of Columbus'...

Kaiya Gordon

AF 2017 IN REVIEWOur Favorite Albums and Singles of the Year

While there's been many a jaded thinkpiece about the import of music critics (usually begging the question What are they good for?) and the ubiquity of year-end lists can feel shallow at times, we can't stress enough the importance of what it means to share music among friends. It's a huge part of...

Lindsey Rhoades

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

NEWS ROUNDUPRIP Tom Petty, The Las Vegas Tragedy and More

RIP Tom Petty The well-loved songwriter passed away on Monday after suffering from cardiac arrest. He was 66, and less than a week before, gave a final interview where he discussed his recent 40th anniversary tour with The Heartbreakers, a new band he was producing, and more (read the full...

Emily Daly

NEWS ROUNDUPRIP Walter Becker, Holger Czukay and More

RIP Holger Czukay Holger Czukay played bass in the groundbreaking Krautrock band Can, which he founded with keyboardist Irmin Schmidt, guitarist Michael Karoli, and drummer Jaki Liebezeit. He passed away on Tuesday at age 79 at the band’s Inner Space Studio. Can got their unique sound from...

Emily Daly

NEWS ROUNDUPBushwick's New Venue, St. Vincent's New LP and More

Elsewhere Photo by Sam Gold Glasslands Founders Debut New Venue, Elsewhere When Kent Avenue’s DIY hotspot Glasslands closed in 2014, its founders seemed to hint that they’d open another spot eventually. Turns out that spot will be Elsewhere, a warehouse in Bushwick that will double as a community...

Emily Daly