He Was Tom Verlaine
[The New Yorker] Patti Smith remembers her friend, who possessed the child’s gift of transforming a drop of water into a poem that somehow begat music. By Patti Smith January 30, 2023 He awoke to the sound of water dripping into a rusted sink. The streets below were bathed in medieval moonlight, reverberating silence. He lay ...
Free Range Expose How Memory Loss Leads to a Lost Sense of Self on “Growing Away”
[FLOOD] Their debut album Practice is out February 17 via Mick Music. By MARGARET FARRELL Sofia Jensen make considered folk rock under the name Free Range. The Chicago-based artist is releasing their debut album Practice on February 17 via Mick Music, and it’s sure to be one of the early highlights of 2023. Today, they’ve shared the album’s third single “Growing ...
Joseph Returns With New Single, Album & North American Tour
By DEBBIE SPEER [Pollstar] Joseph, the folk-pop trio of sisters hailing from Portland, Oregon, celebrates the April 28 release of a new album, The Sun, by launching a 35-date North American tour the same day at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Stops will include Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Nashville and more. Tickets and ...
Soccer Mommy: Tiny Desk Concert
[NPR] By ANDREW FLANAGAN WATCH HERE When Sophie Allison says to our friends and coworkers assembled around the desk, “We’re finally doin’ it,” she really means it. A little less than exactly three years ago, Allison had just released the wonderful Color Theory as Soccer Mommy; it’s an album that marked significant strides in her songwriting and production. ...
How boygenius Became the World’s Most Exciting Supergroup
[Rolling Stone] On their own, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus are three accomplished singer-songwriters. Together, they’re a one-of-a-kind band powered by friendship, sick books, and sicker songs BY ANGIE MARTOCCIO IT’S 10. A.M. IN MALIBU, and Zuma Beach is empty, save for a husky on the shore and a surfer waist-deep in the ocean. ...