“The best critique is self-critique” is the mantra of Brooklyn-based Bodega, whose debut LP Endless Scroll is out now. Influenced by everything ... More
Album by Bodega
“The best critique is self-critique” is the mantra of Brooklyn-based Bodega, whose debut LP Endless Scroll is out now. Influenced by everything from contemporary pop to post-punk to folk-based narrative songwriting, their energetic brand of self-aware art rock functions as a minimalist yet witty dialogue between the machine and the public. (What’s Your Rupture)
UK singer/songwriter Lucy Rose releases a new remix album entitled Something’s Changing (Remixes), a collection of reworked songs from her 2017 album ... More
Album by Lucy Rose
UK singer/songwriter Lucy Rose releases a new remix album entitled Something’s Changing (Remixes), a collection of reworked songs from her 2017 album Something’s Changing. She invited her close musical friends or friends she met while touring, such as Chartreuse frontman Mike Wagstaff and JAWS frontman Connor Schofield, to take a track from the original album and rework it in their own unique style, resulting in a multi-faceted collection that celebrates variety and collaboration. (Arts & Crafts)
›› ISSUE Feature: Live Performance & Interview with Lucy Rose
Directed by Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone), and featuring impressive performances from Ben Foster (Hell or High Water) and newcomer Thomasin McKenzie, Leave ... More
Film by Debra Granik
Directed by Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone), and featuring impressive performances from Ben Foster (Hell or High Water) and newcomer Thomasin McKenzie, Leave No Trace, adapted from Peter Rock’s novel of the same name, is a haunting and intelligent drama about a father-daughter duo who are wrenched from their idyllic and isolated existence living off the grid in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon. (Bleecker Street)
›› ISSUE Feature: Interview with Thomasin McKenzie
Singer-songwriter Stella Donnelly was raised between Wales and the suburbs of Western Australia, where she currently lives. In 2017 she won BigSound’s ... More
Album by Stella Donnelly
Singer-songwriter Stella Donnelly was raised between Wales and the suburbs of Western Australia, where she currently lives. In 2017 she won BigSound’s inaugural Levi’s Music Prize. Her debut EP, Thrush Metal, delivers a biting brand of low-fi folk-pop that tackles taboo topics while maintaining defiantly feminist tone.
›› ISSUE Feature: Live performance and interview with Stella Donnelly
Melbourne’s beloved Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever release their highly anticipated debut album Hope Downs. The charming and confident debut features passionate guitar ... More
Album by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Melbourne’s beloved Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever release their highly anticipated debut album Hope Downs. The charming and confident debut features passionate guitar pop spattered with hints of punk and country, and announces a band on the verge of finding their voice. The album title, inspired by the name of an open cut mine in the middle of Australia, refers to the feeling of “standing at the edge of the void of the big unknown, and finding something to hold on to.” (Sub Pop)
Sun June, the Austin-based regret pop project that came to life after members Laura Colwell and Stephen Salisbury spent long hours together ... More
Album by Sun June
Sun June, the Austin-based regret pop project that came to life after members Laura Colwell and Stephen Salisbury spent long hours together in director Terrence Malick’s editing room, release their highly anticipated debut album. The quintet’s debut looks back at a failed relationship from a distance, utilizing warm melodies, simple structures, and layered guitar to evoke a gentle sound that blurs folk and guitar pop. (Keeled Scales)
Calpurnia’s story may as well be a teenage rock dream come to life. The Vancouver-based best friend foursome, which includes Stranger Things ... More
Album by Calpurnia
Calpurnia’s story may as well be a teenage rock dream come to life. The Vancouver-based best friend foursome, which includes Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard, release their energetic debut Scout. The debut, which was produced by Twin Peaks’ Lake James, showcases rough and tumble indie-rock songs imbued with an effortless and infectious youthful enthusiasm. (Royal Mountain Records)
Florida born Yuno releases his debut album Moodie and claims his eclectic genre-bending sound comes from exposure to a diverse range of ... More
Album by Yuno
Florida born Yuno releases his debut album Moodie and claims his eclectic genre-bending sound comes from exposure to a diverse range of music and his preference for a DIY vibe that allows him to stay true to himself. He creates all of his music alone at home, self-producing, engineering and playing all the instruments. The result is a debut that feels fresh and multicultural, marrying the summertime sounds of low-fi pop with atmospheric R&B across a variety of tracks that span the emotional range of a relationship ending. (Sub Pop)
From director Brett Haley (The Hero, I’ll See You in My Dreams), Hearts Beat Loud is a drama with a light and ... More
Film by Brett Haley
From director Brett Haley (The Hero, I’ll See You in My Dreams), Hearts Beat Loud is a drama with a light and summery touch, telling the story of a father (Nick Offerman) and daughter (Kiersey Clemons) duo writing songs together before she moves away to college and moving through their shared grief about the wife and mother they lost years earlier. A soundtrack by musician Keegan DeWitt adds warmth and depth, as do supporting roles from Ted Danson and Toni Collette. In theaters now. (Gunpowder & Sky)
›› ISSUE Feature: Kiersey Clemons interview by James Franco + Fashion shoot