For most, Art Basel is not about belonging: it’s about snagging free champagne and mingling with those who do belong at one of the many parties accompanying the art fest. So let’s get this out the way: the parties are the best thing about Art Basel. Sure, there’s art. Great art. But it’s art that, to most of us, is intangible, […]
Sleater-Kinney — ‘Here We Come’
In April, a bunch of musicians came together and announced 7 Inches for Planned Parenthood, a compilation record in support of the organization that was, and still is, in the midst of a political firestorm. Among them was Sleater-Kinney, the Portland trio who offered up a jam recorded during the sessions for their last album No Cities to Love. Listen to […]
Nai Palm: ‘Crossfire/So Into You’
In this post-Thanksgiving, pre-winter lull, Naomi “Nai Palm” Saalfield’s R&B/psych funk hybrid is the kind of upifting, confident and raw sound we need right now. Listen to her new track ‘Crossfire/So Into You,’ – a free-flowing, mesmerizing trip into a land where rules don’t exist.
Eleanor Friedberger
When I speak with Eleanor Friedberger she’s in her old neighborhood, Greenpoint Brooklyn, where she lived for 14 years. Exactly two years ago she moved to upstate New York to spend most of her free time “up, in the middle nowhere.” Which feels fitting, considering in January she’ll release her third solo album, appropriately entitled New View. “The most different […]
Sleater Kinney Cover David Bowie’s ‘Rebel Rebel’
In their first show since September, Sleater-Kinney ushered in the new year by paying tribute to some artists we lost in 2016, and who had exherted profound influence on the band. During a sold-out gig at San Francisco’s Masonic on New Year’s Eve, Janet Weiss, Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein were joined on stage by the Thermals’ Kathy Foster and Spoon’s Britt […]
Lindstrøm – “Closing Shot”
Lindstrøm released his Windings EP this past summer via Smalltown Supersound/Feedelity. It was a critically-acclaimed affair, a record of skyward synths, effervescent rhythms and melodies that bounce spontaneously off each other. Today, he released the video for the EP’s lead single, “Closing Shot,” directed by visual artist Oliver Clegg. In Clegg’s own words, “I wanted to make something that could stand alone as […]
The 2016 Pitchfork Music Festival Is Here
What started as a modest celebration of indie artists aimed at a niche Pitchfork-reading demographic, has morphed into one of the largest music festivals in the country—a large, diverse music event that is equally about discovery as it is about celebration. This year’s Pitchfork Music Festival is almost here: it is happening Friday, July 15 to Sunday, July 17 at Chicago’s Union Park, and the lineup is as eclectic as we’ve come […]
From England with Love: Lois & the Love
Lois & The Love are devoted to a certain kind of extreme―they want to make work that makes you feel, and maybe even makes you go grab a guitar and make a band of your own. The London-bred foursome released their debut album, Love Is Louder, in the summer of 2014, and with the LP, they helped prove that during […]
JAMZ: Alice Glass, Lana Del Rey, CHVRCHES, Julia Holter, Pawws + More
Best new music for a warm Summer weekend. Alice Glass – Stillbirth Lana Del Rey – Honeymoon Chvrches – Leave a Trace Pawws – All I Wanna Do Ought – Beautiful Blue Sky Julia Holter – Feel You Toro Y Moi – Pitch Black ft. Rome Fortune