Music

Aaron explores the synth-soaked soundscape of Girl K's new EP, "Girl K Is For the People."

For the latest edition of Your New Favorite Label, Jami spoke to label manager Matt Burns to learn all the ins and outs about running Smartpunk Records.

With 'Pono,' A Great Big Pile of Leaves pick up where they left off back in 2013. It's a thrill to bask in their simple pleasures again.

A soaring new single from Shy, Low, a blistering, noisy track courtesy of Common Sage, and a rollicking one-off from Gulfer are among our staff's favorites this week. Check out all six releases we deem 'must-hear':

With their debut LP 'Coming Down', Jail Socks show they have matured even more than expected in the last two years. Where their past work 'It’s Not Forever' felt like a party , Coming Down feels like the morning after.

The Details is our video series where we chat with artists about their recent releases, getting a behind-the-scenes look at the processes of writing, recording, and releasing music. On our latest episode, Molly Mary O’Brien talked with Los Angeles singer-songwriter Appleby about his song "Half Life," a propulsive song about feeling emotions so intense you simply don't know what to do.

On "Melt," the new track we're premiering today from Philadelphia's Swim Camp, songwriter Tom Morris turns a slowcore song into an anthem.

'Coastal Grooves,' the debut album from Blood Orange, is a brazen, suave exercise in unrestrained attitude. Ted Davis looks back on 'Coastal Grooves' 10 years after its release.

Check out Amid the Old Wounds' new video for "Anywhere" off their split with You Could Be a Cop

For this week's On Shuffle, Jordy goes back to 2013 to talk formative music fandom, mid-aughts Fueled By Ramen bands, (500) Days of Summer as a music genre, and of course, the subject of this week's column, "Your Face" by Blue of Colors.

Lorde's third album is a beachy, Laurel Canyon summer record. We're not confident how it will weather the rest of the year. 

Jane catches up with Vera Kahn, a New York City-based who recently released her debut 'Charmed, I'm Sure.' Self-coined as "city music" that instrumentally follows a finite grid of country, she explores the motif of the grey area through verdant melodies, moving basslines, and charismatic narrative authenticity.