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Steve Wynn at somebody’s house, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.

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

With “It’s about a prostitute … Don’t tell anyone” as a subject line, it’s hard to believe Jody Porter’s email

Releasing a self-titled LP in the thick of one’s career can mean different things. Sometimes, it’s a revitalizing reboot. Other

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

The Afghan Whigs and Mercury Rev at Union Transfer, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. Mercury Rev

Nearly 50 years after she co-created the no-wave movement in sound and word with her band Teenage Jesus And The

Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Lenny Kaye at Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore, Pa. Photos by Chris Sikich.

Shyne at Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

Sepultura, Exodus and Biohazard at ⁠the Wellmont Theater, Montclair, N.J. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

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