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Few artists have dissected the complexities of their inner lives as thoroughly or productively as Kevin Barnes. Across a 30-year

Turns out “The Thing” is the perfect leadoff track to Pokey LaFarge’s forthcoming LP. Rent Money (Boxer Boy) is an

With an expansive arrangement that mirrors its central message, “Spinnin’” is a striking testament to personal growth’s inability to follow

Fronted by three distinct singer/songwriters, Futurebirds make albums that unfold like a good conversation, their voices shaped by a shared

Diles Que No Me Maten fully buys into the belief that improvisation can lead to something transcendent if it embodies

“Collaborating musically with other species is a bit like embracing the reality of fairy tales,” says Jim Nollman. “Humans and

After years of writing songs and crafting a vessel to contain them, lucky break’s Emma Gerson has arrived at Made

Laibach has never been ones to distance itself from the systems it critiques. For more than 40 years and a

Hurray For The Riff Raff and Free Range at Upper Merion Township Building Park, King Of Prussia, Pa. Photos by

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

Few artists have navigated as many creative worlds as John Gallagher Jr. Over the past two decades, the singer, songwriter

Leave it to Jon Caspi to turn an off-putting medical scare into an off-kilter singalong. The latest single from the

It took more than a year, but Sabrina Song’s debut single, “Strawberry,” finally found an audience in 2023—to the tune

Modernism (Flatiron) functions as both a companion piece to Chris Stamey’s 2025 LP Anything Is Possible and a love letter

Cento Threeo’s Halfway To Mellowtown (SecondBridge) reconnects Don Cento to his earliest musical language. Across a three-decade career spanning jazz,

Houston-based guitarist Kelly Doyle is one of modern Texas music’s most versatile utility players, working over the years with Robert

Going on a decade now, the Lemon Twigs’ Michael and Brian D’Addario have been goosing their obsessively retro DIY craftsmanship

“The song is a testament to the upward spiral of positivity that becomes possible when friends join together as creative

The rituals of OCD are often the stuff of cliché (e.g., endless hand-washing)—and they’re certainly not funny to the sufferer.

Barrooms have always occupied a special conflicted place in country music. With “Ladies’ Dart Night,” Very Old Morris submits its

LOUD: The Art Of Robert Pollard temporarily dissolves the line dividing art show from live gig. By Matthew CutterPhotos by

Every great heist movie kicks off with the same delusion: one last job. Equal parts noir narrative and existential meditation,