Category: FEATURES

Journalism: Media Matters
Journalism explores self-doubt on debut album Faces As you might imagine, slapping your band with the moniker Journalism is asking

Bird Of Youth: All Things Must Pass
Bird Of Youth brings the dark night of the soul to light Most bands express grief, loss and rage with

Tanya Donelly: Feeding The Tree
Tanya Donelly returns with ambitious triple album Swan Song Series Fortunately, Tanya Donelly didn’t title her latest effort Swan Song

Big Thief: Steal This Record
Big Thief makes hardcore music with an angelic message Adrianne Lenker, Big Thief’s main songwriter, lead singer and rhythm guitarist,

Frightened Rabbit: Keep Calm And Carry On
Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison confronts his dark side on Painting Of A Panic Attack Frightened Rabbit bandleader Scott Hutchison

Autolux: Time May Change Me
Following a Failure reunion and a divorce, Greg Edwards returns with Autolux’s Pussy’s Dead For Greg Edwards, time is relative.

New Madrid: A Good Idea
Though still a relative upstart, New Madrid has learned how to keep growing Ninety-nine times out of 100, when a

Parquet Courts: This Time It’s Personal
Parquet Courts look inward on the new Human Performance According to Parquet Courts guitarist Andrew Savage, the band used to

Brass Bed: Sleeping Giant
Brass Bed awakens with guitars aplenty In The Yellow Leaf (Modern Outsider) may not be Brass Bed’s debut, but it sort

Black Mountain: Crazy Diamonds
After a five-year absence, Black Mountain shines on with eclectic new record At one point in a conversation with Stephen

Tancred: True Grit And Loud Music
Tancred’s Jessica Abbott isn’t afraid to express herself In the last year, Jessica Abbott—singer, songwriter and lead guitarist of Tancred—has

Car Seat Headrest: Holy Toledo
Car Seat Headrest’s frontman is doing it his way Will Toledo is a funny guy, quick to joke about his

LÉON: Whole Lotta Love
For Swedish chanteuse LÉON, it’s all in the family Does Lotta Lindgren blame nature or nurture for her gradual transformation

Japanese Breakfast: Creatively Unlimited
Japanese Breakfast’s sad songs say so much When Michelle Zauner was in Little Big League, she concentrated on writing songs