CIVIC
CIVIC One of the most exhilarating bands to emerge in recent years, CIVIC have reimagined the reckless intensity of proto-punk for an era of endless uncertainty. On their 2021 debut album Future Forecast, the Melbourne-based five-piece offered up a barrage of songs matching their frenetic sound with both self-aware outpouring and incisive observation of the […]
Dutch Interior
DUTCH INTERIOR Los Angeles based “Freak Americana” project, Dutch Interior, brings collaborative and earnest songwriting under a veil of classic Americana melancholy for their latest album, Blinded by Fame, the six-piece’s first release since 2021’s demo album Kindergarten. Dutch Interior began as an aimless, decentralized recording project shared between longtime friends in the isolation of […]
Cheater Slicks
CHEATER SLICKS Cheater Slicks started in 1987 in Boston. The band was comprised of the same members still playing today- Tom Shannon, David Shannon and Dana Hatch. The band released 3 LPs and many singles in the Boston days, Including an LP produced by Jon Spencer in 1995. The Slicks relocated to Columbus, Ohio in […]
William Tyler
WILLIAM TYLER No other solo American guitarist this century has impacted that fecund scene quite like William Tyler. After crucial stints in Silver Jews and Lambchop, this adopted son of Nashville emerged at the dawn of the last decade with a string of inquisitive albums that paired the measure of his country rearing and classical […]
Ethan Tasch
ETHAN TASCH Indie folk artist Ethan Tasch has amassed over 25 million streams since 2020. His debut album Got Him! has landed him countless placements on Spotify editorial playlists like New Music Friday, Lorem, and All New Indie. The focus track of the album “Shell” got him on the cover of New Music Daily and […]
Mamalarky
MAMALARKY Mamalarky’s tenderly tangled indie rock has the internal logic of ridiculous jokes shared between band members after spending weeks on the road together. The sum of friendships and collaborations dating back to their teenage years, the band melds flashy instrumental moves with head-sticking hooks and lovesick lyrics welcoming anyone into their private world. While […]
Games We Play
GAMES WE PLAY Practically predestined to play pop punk, Games We Play a.k.a. Emmyn Calleiro sings the kinds of hooks you text your ex (and not because you still care or anything!) and rotates between instruments with quiet confidence. The Miami-born and Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer turns up with an upbeat and […]
Astrid Sonne
ASTRID SONNE Astrid Sonne is a Danish, London based composer and viola player. Throughout her acclaimed discography, Astrid Sonne has been carefully crafting different moods through electronic and acoustic instrumental endeavours. On her most recent album “Great Doubt” (January 2024) this skill is refined, now with the distinct addition of the composer’s own vocal in […]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy
BONNIE “PRINCE” BILLY The human who sings and composes under the name Bonnie “Prince” Billy and acts under the name Will Oldham has, over the past three-plus decades, made an idiosyncratic journey through, and an indelible mark on, the worlds of independent music and cinema. With his highly individualistic approach to music making and the […]
Upside Down Punks: The Strange but True Story of That Fugazi Basketball Hoop Show
A night celebrating punk history, DIY spirit, and the music that keeps it alive. In the summer of 1988, Fugazi played a sweaty, chaotic, sparsely attended show in a rundown Philadelphia gym. The sound was terrible. The power went out. And yet, somehow, it became legendary. Upside Down Punks: The Strange but True Story of […]
