Saintseneca
SAINTSENECA Highwalllow & Supermoon Songs was born from a period of personal struggle when Little hit a years-long stretch of burnout and found unexpected healing and a creative spark in painting. A green-ink pen discovered on the sidewalk rekindled his sense of wonder, leading to a series of monochrome artworks that would later inspire the […]
feeble little horse
feeble little horse feeble little horse makes thrilling and wildly unpredictable songs that are a reflection of the joys that come with making music with your best friends. The Pittsburgh quartet’s sophomore album, Girl with Fish, which is out June 9 via Saddle Creek, was made focusing on intuition over intention: letting the magic of […]
Spiritual Cramp
SPIRITUAL CRAMP Spiritual Cramp aren’t looking for a soapbox. The San Francisco-born punk experimentalists are here to flash a big smile, flip you off, deliver a burst of musical adrenaline, and then keep on walking. “But at the same time, that’s something that I’m working on,” vocalist Michael Bingham knowingly grins. And on their upcoming […]
Action/Adventure
ACTION/ADVENTURE What does the expression ‘ever after’ mean? Most people will automatically assume it’s preceded by the word ‘happily’, but that isn’t necessarily the case. By calling their second full-length Ever After, Chicago’s Action/Adventure are leaning into the ambiguity of those two words. Given their history, that’s not surprising. Having played together since 2014, the […]
chokecherry
chokecherry San Francisco’s dreamy chokecherry — comprised of vocalist/guitarist Izzie Clark and vocalist/bassist E. Scarlett Levinson — are back with a gorgeous new single. This song almost appeared on the band’s Messy Star EP, released last fall.But something in that moment told chokecherry to hold on to the song. It was ultimately a smart choice, as the song took further shape in seamless […]
claire rousay
claire rousay claire rousay’s music cascades from a well of documented experience, reflections of the past that compose the present. A prolific multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer, rousay gracefully crafts boundaryless music. From her frequent and acclaimed collaborations to her film scoring, from her own compositions to her solo pop work, rousay’s music is delicate yet […]
Folk Bitch Trio
FOLK BITCH TRIO “There’s a fearlessness in the group’s tilted harmonies and in the strange turns of its storytelling.” — NPR Music “It’s hard not to feel the energy rippling between the three of them as [Folk Bitch Trio] sing—it emanates off the stage into the crowd. It’s the kind of performance where you know […]
Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band
RYAN DAVIS & THE ROADHOUSE BAND New Threats from the Soul is a masterclass in reducing the sublime to the prosaic, immensity to infinitesimally, and vice versa (the trick can only work both ways). Everything in our universe is essentially flotsam or jetsam, rubbish heaps of fragments and shards. We, especially, are jerry-rigs of bubblegum […]
Die Spitz
DIE SPITZ When the Venn diagram of passion, friendship, identity, and artistry collide, it can feel as if fighting words are spitting from your veins. And as postmodern society crumbles, Die Spitz giddily bounce between a dozen different ways to push back. If the world of rock music were an ice cream shop, the Austin […]
Lucrecia Dalt
LUCRECIA DALT Born in Pereira, Colombia, Lucrecia Dalt has carved out a distinctive space in contemporary music. Her trajectory from civil engineer to sound artist began while working at a geotechnical company in Medellín, where she discovered computer-based music production—a revelation that completely redirected her life and creative focus. After her first recordings appeared through […]