Ratboys
RATBOYS Ratboys present a momentous new single, “Light Night Mountains All That,” and announce a North American tour. This is the band’s first new music, and their first with New West Records, since The Window, one of the most-praised albums of 2023. The Window catapulted the band from being beloved to “feverishly fixated upon” (Stereogum), […]
Good Luck
GOOD LUCK Good Luck is a beloved punk band from Bloomington, Indiana that time has scattered across hundreds of miles. Their new record Big Dreams, Mister (the title of which should be read in the voice of an early 20th-century newsie) is their first in fourteen years, and it fucking rips. It exists in the […]
Dari Bay & Graham Hunt
DARI BAY On new album Longest Day of the Year, Dari Bay is a perpetually shifting art project posing as songs, an ongoing thought experiment disguised as a band. Burlington, Vermont-based artist Zachary James launched Dari Bay as a solo vehicle in 2015, acting as sole songwriter, producer, player of every instrument, and exacting architect […]
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 […]