High Road Touring

After years in the Boston DIY scene, the duo of Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug decamped to Lawrence, Kansas and set up a home studio that honors their cavernous lo-fi sound [Pitchfork] By Grant Sharples Lira Mondal is making cookies. More specifically, malted sweet corn and blueberry swirl cookies. They’re fresh out of the oven when ...

[Pitchfork] Talking reality TV, imposter syndrome, and the pursuit of timelessness with the New York singer-songwriter, whose second LP I’ve Got Me arrives this week The art of Joanna Sternberg invites you into an intimate and interconnected world. Through their casually profound lyrics, the whimsical self-portraits that adorn their visuals, and even their endearingly self-deprecating live banter, it’s easy ...

[Consequence of Sound] An ode to friendship appearing on Mancari’s upcoming album, Left Hand By Carys Anderson Becca Mancari has shared “Don’t Even Worry,” another single from their upcoming album Left Hand that features Brittany Howard. Listen to the artists’ friendship anthem below. Mancari and Howard are best friends and Bermuda Triangle bandmates, and “Don’t Even Worry” is ...

Photo by Bobby Kelly [Pitchfork] “I would like you to scream so loud that Governor Lee can hear you,” Julien Baker said By Matthew Ismael Ruiz and Allison Hussey Boygenius have added their voices to the masses speaking out against Tennessee’s recent anti-drag legislation. At the Nashville stop of the traveling Re:Set mini-festival, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker donned drag makeup and costumes ...

[Paste Magazine] By Miranda Wollen Indie-rock three-piece Blonde Redhead are back with the latest single off their upcoming LP Sit Down for Dinner, out September 29 via section1. The hypnotically trippy “Melody Experiment” swirls and careens through a conversation between two interlocutors, one overly questioning and the other inching toward peace with their reality. Between the duo ...