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
New York City-based and self-described “genre queer” band Sons of An Illustrious Father follow their evocative 2016 debut with the thoughtfully titled ... More
Album by Sons of An Illustrious Father
New York City-based and self-described “genre queer” band Sons of An Illustrious Father follow their evocative 2016 debut with the thoughtfully titled Deus Sex Machina; or, Moving Slowly Beyond Nikola Tesla. The visceral and prismatic sophomore album deftly approaches topics such as feminism, the environment and the layered relationship between inspiration, man, and machine. (Big Picnic Records)
›› ISSUE Feature: Interview with Sons of an Illustrious Father
Midwestern-bred and New York-based Max Clarke recently released Hollow Ground, his highly anticipated debut album as Cut Worms, just before embarking on ... More
Album by Cut Worms
Midwestern-bred and New York-based Max Clarke recently released Hollow Ground, his highly anticipated debut album as Cut Worms, just before embarking on a North American tour supporting King Tuff. Crackling with a warm nostalgia and a palpable Everly Brothers influence, the 10 song album is a layered and cerebral exercise in sharp lyricism and evocative storytelling. (Jagjaguwar)
›› ISSUE Feature: Interview with Max Clarke of Cut Worms
Following last year’s powerful self-titled EP, Sydney’s Middle Kids recently released their highly anticipated debut album Lost Friends. Continuing to hone their ... More
Album by Middle Kids
Following last year’s powerful self-titled EP, Sydney’s Middle Kids recently released their highly anticipated debut album Lost Friends. Continuing to hone their layered sound anchored by lead singer Hannah Joy’s deep, belting vocals that are at once joyful and melancholic, the album lands in the sweet spot at the intersection of indie rock and alt country. (Domino)
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Goat Girl, an all female quartet that emerged from the close knit South London music scene and consists of four friends who ... More
Album by Goat Girl
Goat Girl, an all female quartet that emerged from the close knit South London music scene and consists of four friends who hung around the same club in Brixton, burst onto the post-punk scene amidst a wave of buzz, signing with Rough Trade Records before they had even started working on their first full-length album. Their self-titled debut, which dropped last month, was met with acclaim, and their biting brand of politicized garage-punk has drawn comparisons to the likes of The Kinks and The Libertines. They made their stateside debut at SXSW and will return in May to support Parquet Courts on their North American tour. (Rough Trade Records)
One of the most honest, self-effacing and unpretentious pop-stars Britain has produced in a generation, Kate Nash returns to her indie pop ... More
Album by Kate Nash
One of the most honest, self-effacing and unpretentious pop-stars Britain has produced in a generation, Kate Nash returns to her indie pop roots with her fourth album, Yesterday Was Forever, the follow up to 2013’s critically acclaimed Girl Talk. Containing smatterings of 90’s femme pop rock like Alanis Morrisette and The Cranberries, as well as upbeat dance tracks and spoken word confessionals, Yesterday Was Forever is a biting and bittersweet blend of bubble-gum-pop hooks and driving garage rock, tackling themes revolving around mental health and relationships.
Frankie Cosmos, the exuberant indie pop outfit of New York-based songwriter and composer Greta Kline, has taken several different shapes since the ... More
Album by Frankie Cosmos
Frankie Cosmos, the exuberant indie pop outfit of New York-based songwriter and composer Greta Kline, has taken several different shapes since the release of their breakout debut Zentropy in 2014, and sophomore follow up Next Thing in 2016. Their latest offering, Vessel serves as another distinctive chapter in the acclaimed group’s unique biography, containing esoteric and heartfelt narratives expressed with the reveling energy and clarity of a group comfortable with their continuing evolution. (Sub Pop Records)
Trace Mountains, the side project of LVL UP’s Dave Benton, is gearing up to release their first full-length debut album, A Partner ... More
Album by Trace Mountains
Trace Mountains, the side project of LVL UP’s Dave Benton, is gearing up to release their first full-length debut album, A Partner To Lean On at the end of the month, before embarking on a spring tour. The album, which the Brooklyn-based musician describes as a continuation of his “life-long relationship with music-making as a social process,” showcases a collaborative effort of tender and idiosyncratic low-fi pop, brought vividly to life through Benton’s evocative lyrical imagery. (Figure 2 RC)
Levon and Kennedy: Mississippi Innocence Project is a photo book by acclaimed photographer Isabelle Armand that documents the time she spent over ... More
Book by Isabelle Armand
Levon and Kennedy: Mississippi Innocence Project is a photo book by acclaimed photographer Isabelle Armand that documents the time she spent over the span of five years with Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer, two African American men from rural Mississipi who were both wrongfully convicted of murder in separate trials the early 1990s. Brooks, despite an alibi, was sentenced to life and was imprisoned for 18 years. A few years later Brewer was convicted and sentenced to death. He was incarcerated for 15. In 2008, the nonprofit legal organization Innocence Project in New York exonerated both men. The intimate and at times heartbreaking photographic essay puts faces on the victims of wrongful conviction, capturing their lives, bonds, obstacles and environments, and raising consciousness about the critical issues in our criminal justice system. (powerHouse Books)
›› ISSUE Feature: Inteview with Isabelle Armand and Tucker Carrington of the Innocence Project
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