Category: FEATURES

Filthy Friends: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker form Filthy Friends When Peter Buck needed another voice on his first solo

Tomo Nakayama: Busker Do
Tomo Nakayama’s intimate songs of quiet intensity After 10 years of writing songs and singing in Grand Hallway, one of

Elizabeth And The Catapult: Childhood’s End
Elizabeth And The Catapult’s Keepsake is part memoir, part dream journal—and all rejuvenating Keepsake (Compass), Elizabeth Ziman’s fourth record, began

A Giant Dog: Growing Pains
The theatrical Austin punks in A Giant Dog mature their mess “Normally, we’re very storyteller-esque,” says A Giant Dog guitarist/vocalist

The Woggles: 30 Rock
Thirty years of involvement in any facet of life is compelling, but three decades of rocking ’n’ rolling in its

Dan Wilson: Write On
Dan Wilson can pretty much pinpoint the moment when his songwriter-for-hire aspirations fully aligned with reality. “One of my first

Manchester Orchestra: The Orchestral Dead
Influence comes from many sources, but only Manchester Orchestra can claim its new album, A Black Mile To The Surface

Downtown Boys: Gimme Friction
Downtown Boys deliver a multiracial, bilingual, queer-positive message Rhode Island’s Downtown Boys may be the most challenging punk band in

Japanese Breakfast: Planet Of The Aches
Space is the place for Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner With 2016’s Psychopomp—a collection of songs deeply informed by the death

Sloan Peterson: Steppin’ Out
With Sloan Peterson's debut EP, Australia's Joe Jackson shows she's wise beyond her years Joe Jackson, lead singer, guitarist and

Rainer Maria: Growing Up Rainer
After a decade-plus hiatus, Rainer Maria returns with a rejuvenated spirit and a definitive, powerful new album When Rainer Maria

The War On Drugs: The Experimental Rock Band
Adam Granduciel’s ever-expanding studio lineup joins together, separately, to make the War On Drugs’ A Deeper Understanding Personalities define some

Luke Elliot: Doorway From Norway
Jersey crooner Luke Elliot looks to duplicate his European success back at home Luke Elliot never cried wolf. But whenever

Cigarettes After Sex: Songs From A Room
Eight years in the making, the debut Cigarettes After Sex album finally finds its way into the light Cigarettes After