Phoebe Bridgers & Maggie Rogers’ ‘Iris’ Cover Sells 28,000 in Paid Downloads in One Day of Availability
[Billboard] By Andrew Unterberger It started with a Twitter guarantee — acclaimed indie singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers promising to cover the Goo Goo Dolls’ minivan rock classic “Iris” if Donald Trump lost the presidential election. It was taken to the next level with a response by fellow alternative star and critics’ darling Maggie Rogers, who responded by asking if Bridgers could use some ...
At Home, Forever and Ever, With Dean & Britta
[Washington Post] By Nate Rogers LOS ANGELES — In the sun-speckled living room of his East Los Angeles home, Dean Wareham starts the performance by reporting the air quality index. It’s 80, he notes, which is “good, lately,” given the wildfires that had recently blanketed the area with smoke. He peers out the window toward the ...
With Hard Banjo Rhythms and Striking Lyrics, This Is The Kit Offers ‘Off Off On’
[The Bluegrass Situation] BY BRITTNEY MCKENNA Kate Stables, principal of alternative roots outfit This Is the Kit, didn’t intend to write a pandemic album to follow her acclaimed 2017 debut, Moonshine Freeze. In fact, she wrote the entirety of Off Off On well before the term “COVID-19” entered our collective consciousness. In the way that great art often can, though, ...
LA Duo Warbly Jets Debut Their Newest Single “NASA”
Watch The Stanley Kubrick and Hype Williams Inspired Video [Under The Radar] By Caleb Campbell Los Angeles-based duo WARBLY JETS have released their newest track, “NASA.” The band’s new release is their first since their 2019 EP Propaganda and since returning to the original duo of Samuel Shea and Julien O’neill. “NASA” is somewhat of a reinvention for the ...
Aaron Lee Tasjan Previews New Album With Glam-Pop Single “Up All Night”
[Rolling Stone] Enigmatic Nashville songwriter opens up about his anxieties, sexuality in first single off upcoming LP ‘Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!’ By JOSEPH HUDAK Aaron Lee Tasjan offers a personal glimpse behind the glitter on his new song “Up All Night,” a succinct slice of ELO glam-pop that finds the enigmatic Nashville songwriter opening up about his ...
