Trusting the Band Chaos with Hen Ogledd
Hen Ogledd's four members trace how a shared songwriting chaos, competing disciplines, and vocals in Welsh and Scots came together on their latest album, 'Discombobulated.'
Indie Rock
Chasm's Sense — Diles Que No Me Maten's Borrowed Light
On their fourth album, 'Escrito en agua,' the Mexico City band Diles que no me maten build songs from Mahmoud Darwish's poetry, funerary music from Oaxaca, and their own festival organizing, all filtered through loose, unresolved improvisation.
The Mending — Tahlia Amanson on the Reinvention of Myra Lee
The Brooklyn trio's 'Capture the Flag' features six songs recorded live in two days—and it's the closest Tahlia Amanson has come to telling her parents the truth.
Civil Service, Protest Songs, and the Private World of Ora Cogan
On the heels of her Sacred Bones debut 'Hard Hearted Woman,' Ora Cogan reflects on the Fairy Creek blockades, somatic practice, the whitewashing of folk music, and what it means to write a trans rights song that doesn't scream.
An Audience with Bob Bert, Saint of Scrap Metal
The drummer behind Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, and decades of New York noise reflects on his first solo album, 'Beach Bongo Bloodbath,' a percussive distillation of a life lived at the underground's edge.
The Only Valid Form of Protest — Bonner Kramer and Thurston Moore
Bonner Kramer and Thurston Moore's debut together, 'They Came Like Swallows,' arrives as a somber, guitar-driven response to a world that has not stopped producing reasons for one.
Evolfo Draws a Line in the Sand
Evolfo's Rafferty Swink and Matt Gibbs on 'Of Love,' the collective improvisational process behind it, and why a seven-piece Brooklyn band decided Spotify wasn't worth the compromise.
Charlotte Cornfield's Hard-Won Reckoning
Charlotte Cornfield's album 'Hurts Like Hell' maps a songwriter's life from drink-ticket gigs in Montreal to the steadier ground of family, community, and creative confidence in Toronto.
Modern Woman Between the Whisper and the Shriek
Post-punk abrasion, unconventional violin, and lyrics sharpened by a literature degree converge on Modern Woman's debut 'Johnny's Dreamworld,' an album built around the friction of being told you're simultaneously too feminine and not feminine enough.
Memory, Melody, and the Post-Rock Vision of Unwed Sailor
Johnathon Ford discusses his band's latest release, 'High Remembrance,' the one-album-a-year discipline that has defined Unwed Sailor's second act, and why the bass guitar is the closest thing he has to a singing voice.
B-Movies, Bad Men, and The Notwist's Stubborn Optimism
Markus Acher discusses 'News From Planet Zombie', The Notwist's return to live-band recording at a Munich community space, and why thirty-plus years together still haven't settled the tension between political dread and stubborn hope.
The Mud and the Melody — Billy Fuller's 'Fragments'
The founding member of Beak> and longtime collaborator to Portishead, Massive Attack, and Robert Plant discusses the bass-first compositions and private creative philosophy behind 'Fragments,' a debut solo album assembled from nearly a decade of home recordings.