Juliana Hatfield: ‘Women don’t know what to do with anger. We turn it on ourselves’ | Indie
[ad_1] Juliana Hatfield speaks with deliberation: her thoughts unfurl after pregnant pauses and are sharpened by astute clarifications. “I’m sorry, I lost my train of thought,” she says at one point, doubling back to ensure her meaning is clear. Such consideration isn’t a surprise, given the rippling effect of an infamous early-career interview. Nearly 30 […]
‘My energy comes from optimism’: the hopeful music of spring 2021 | Music
[ad_1] Ashley Monroe I started writing songs after my father died when I was 13. I used music to release the sadness that was flooding my heart and held on to my guitar like it was a float in an ocean. As an artist, I’ve always wanted to provoke chills, because to me that means […]
‘If not hope, then what?’: the musicians finding optimism in dark times | Music
[ad_1] Michelle Zauner, Japanese Breakfast I had really given up on music after my mom passed away [in 2014], and then of course the record that I saw as my death rattle [2017’s Soft Sounds from Another Planet] got picked up in a big way. It was a very bittersweet moment where all these great […]
‘It reeked of hope and ambition’: 30 years of riot grrrl label Kill Rock Stars | Music
[ad_1] In 1991, something was brewing under the constant clouds of Olympia, Washington. Young people flocked there, DIY bands formed, fanzines were scrawled with fervour, and feminist politics galvanised young women. And a record label was founded to house it all. “Everyone was in a band, usually three,” remembers Tinuviel Sampson, who helped launch Kill […]
Girl in Red: ‘If my songs can normalise queerness, that’s amazing’ | Pop and rock
[ad_1] “I’ve never heard a song with people screaming they want to cut their hands off,” muses the Norwegian singer-songwriter Marie Ulven. Recently, she decided to rectify this with Serotonin, a joyfully effervescent pop-punk track about her long-standing battle with intrusive thoughts (produced by Finneas, Billie Eilish’s brother and collaborator). For Ulven, writing about her […]
Platinum pop-punks the Offspring: ‘We’re outcasts among outcasts’ | Punk
[ad_1] “It’s very fashionable now to say, ‘When we were young, we didn’t fit in,’” says Dexter Holland, frontman for multi-platinum punk-rockers the Offspring, Zooming from the band’s plush Orange County recording studio. “But it really was true for us in high school, where everything was about looks, athleticism and popularity. I mean, look at […]
Watch Adrianne Lenker play ‘Anything’ at sunset on ‘Colbert’
[ad_1] Big Thief vocalist Adrianne Lenker has brought her recent single ‘Anything’ to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert – watch the sunset performance below. ‘Anything’ is taken from Lenker’s 2020 album ‘songs’, which was released in October in tandem with another new album, ‘instrumentals’. The new performance sees Lenker playing the soft acoustic track […]
Watch Arlo Parks make her US TV debut on ‘Jimmy Kimmel’
[ad_1] Arlo Parks has celebrated the release of her debut album by making her US television debut – watch her perform ‘Hurt’ on Kimmel below. The singer released ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’ yesterday (January 29), and for the TV performance she played the recent single surrounded by lampshades. “‘Hurt’ surrounds the possibility of healing from pain and […]
Watch Fontaines D.C. perform ‘A Hero’s Death’ in an Irish pub for ‘The Tonight Show’
[ad_1] Fontaines D.C. performed ‘A Hero’s Death’ in an Irish pub in London for their remote guest appearance on The Tonight Show last night (January 28) – check out their performance below. The Dublin band, who previously guested on the Jimmy Fallon-hosted late-night series in May 2019, played the title track from their acclaimed second […]
IDLES’ ‘Ultra Mono’ was the UK’s best-selling album in independent record shops in 2020
[ad_1] IDLES’ ‘Ultra Mono’ has been named as the best-selling album in the UK’s independent record shops in 2020. The Bristol band’s third studio album, which arrived back in September, tops a new chart published by the Official Charts Company this week after the record previously became the fastest-selling vinyl release of last year. ‘Ultra Mono’ […]
