After years of negotiation with the national government, Ostinato Records released the first album ever produced in the Republic of Djibouti for international distribution: The Continue Reading
Joshua Chuquimia Crampton's '4' Is Powerful Landscape Music
Listening to Joshua Chuquimia Crampton is like watching a guitarist perform with a thought bubble over their head. We’re aware of his physical motions, his Continue Reading
Charlotte Grayson Says "Coffee" Tastes Like Breakups"
Charlotte Grayson is an indie-pop artist from the North of England who honed her musical chops on open mic night stages since age 14. All Continue Reading
Finnish Americana? Why Not? Hear Crimson Peak's "Lies"
Helsinki’s Crimson Peak drape their indie pop-rock in rootsy and folky tones on their latest single, “Lies”. The track leads off with an Americana acoustic Continue Reading
The Master's Tools Won't Dismantle the 'Women's Media' House
Gabrielle Korn, the former editor-in-chief of Nylon, and now the editorial and publishing lead for Netflix’s Most brand, a home for LGBTQ+ storytelling, released her Continue Reading
Cowpunk: A Brief Y'alternative History
Since punk first flirted with country music—and vice versa—in the late 1970s, a tsunami of terminology has descended to capture this most curious of hybrids. Continue Reading
Claudia Conway Wasn’t Happy With Her ‘American Idol’ Audition, But Did the Judges Send Her to Hollywood?
Did Claudia Conway make it to Hollywood on American Idol? On Sunday (Feb. 14), the then-15-year-old (now 16) auditioned in front of Katy Perry, Luke Bryan Continue Reading
Dream People Share Melancholic “I Knew Everything About You”
Lisbon-based indie rock outfit Dream People are set to release their debut album ‘Almost Young’ next month. Following singles ‘People Think’ and ‘Suburban Lifestyle’, they’ve Continue Reading
Gojii & Harvey Release The Tranquil New “Excuses”
Gojii – formerly known as XELARAIN – returns with his first new single in a year titled Excuses. Joined by Denver-based singer Harvey, Excuses is a tranquil Continue Reading
Here’s Why Taylor Swift Re-Recorded ‘Fearless’ First Before Her Actual Debut Album
Taylor Swift revealed the reason why she chose to re-record her sophomore album, Fearless, first instead of her self-titled debut record. On Thursday (Feb. 11), Swift Continue Reading
How Gwen Stefani Inspires Olivia Rodrigo’s Songwriting
How does Gwen Stefani inspire Olivia Rodrigo's songwriting? On Thursday (Feb. 11), the "driver's license" singer spoke about her songwriting inspiration during an appearance on The Travis Mills Show. Continue Reading
The Chorus of Cardi’s B’s New Song Is a Poop Metaphor, Apparently
Cardi B's catchy "Up" chorus lyric ("If it's up, then it's stuck") seems to be getting stuck in everyone's heads—but that's not the only thing Continue Reading
Premiere: Dreamphone Shares The Dynamic “Empty Hands”
Dreamphone is a new “dreamwave” project from vocalist Hattie Simon & producer Seb Zel who are set to release their debut EP, ‘Softer’, later this Continue Reading
Where Did Shelley Duvall Go?
Whatever happened to Shelley Duvall? For years, the world has questioned why Shelley Duvall quit acting and left Hollywood behind in the early 2000s, after Continue Reading
#IFFR2021: Director Tagnati on 'I Comete: A Corsican Summer'
I Comete: A Corsican Summer (2021) is the debut feature from actor and director Pascal Tagnati. With a feeling of life in a Corsican village Continue Reading
Sundance 2021: Poonpiriya's 'One for the Road' Explores Brotherhood
In all the connections made and broken in Thai director Baz Poonpiriya’s Wong Kar-Wai-produced buddy film/romantic drama One for the Road, none are as complicated, Continue Reading
Between the Grooves: Led Zeppelin – 'Houses of the Holy'
History is often not as judicious in granting sympathy to the album that follows a classic. As great as the Beatles’ “White Album” is, Sgt. Continue Reading
The 10 Best Oasis B-Sides
10. “Angel Child (Demo)” (B-side to “D’You Know What I Mean?”) The seven-minute long “D’You Know What I Mean?” was an odd choice for the first Continue Reading
Slint Release Alternate Mixes of "Breadcrumb Trail" and "Good Morning, Captain"
It will take a pair or two of solid elephant’s ears to hear the microscopic distinctions between Slint’s Spiderland, post-rock’s mighty Rosetta Stone, and the Continue Reading
Blanck Mass on Handling the Misery on the Way to a Blessing
“I did really feel like — is this a step too far?” laughs Benjamin John Power near the end of our Zoom call. Nestled among Continue Reading