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Badges (Tapete) is the Loft’s second album since reuniting for at least the second time in 2023. Remarkably, it’s also

When Datura4’s Dom Mariani wrote “Dirty Laundry,” a friend was going through a tough time. And it was about to

Charlotte Cornfield’s Hurts Like Hell (Merge) sprouted in the wake of the sort of life event that reframes one’s sense

Raised on Long Island, N.Y., Matt Longo grew up writing short stories—and that strong narrative instinct drives his hauntingly theatrical

Toronto trio METZ shut things down (“on hiatus”) in 2024 after five LPs spread out over 12 years. When a

Chestnut Grove’s latest single is the product of a solitary sticky riff. Guitarist John Tyler was fooling around on a

More than two decades removed from her last solo album, Paula Kelley has reemerged with the wonderfully luminescent Blinking As

Chicago’s the Arrivals—well, singer/guitarist Isaac Thotz now lives in L.A., while fellow singer/guitarist Little Dave Merriman, bassist Paddy Costello and

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

It took Divorce exactly two years to go from South By Southwest buzz band to its first headlining tour of

Big Harp has always run parallel to real life for Stefanie Drootin and Chris Senseney. Across two decades together on

Formed in 23 years ago in Austin, Voxtrot got off to fast start, employing the early-aughts blogosphere to garner global

The year was 1994, and the members of Long Island, N.Y.’s Hypnolovewheel somehow found themselves recording “Secret Star” in a

A snapshot of Jacob Augustine’s late mother graces the cover of I Love You Forever (Team Love), his first album

It might be tempting to peg Department’s Adam Kyriakou as the Australian Moby. And, really, if that was all his

So many great artists throughout modern music history have had their Muscle Shoals moment, from soul icons Aretha Franklin and

In her younger days, Florence Dore subscribed to the myth that great songs were always about broken hearts. A subsequent

Long known for her hushed vocals and expansive, atmospheric sound, Maria Taylor returns to familiar terrain on the new Story’s

Self-titled albums tend to have an air of self-declaration about them: “This is who we are.” In the case of

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Mikaela Davis was thinking big when it came to her new LP, Graceland Way (Kill Rock Stars). “Big” as in

“Radiator” was written under duress in March 2020, just a few weeks into COVID lockdown. “I’d just moved into a