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The Hotelier Is Finding Home in All Sorts of Places
With the renowned emo band wrapping up the first leg of its reunion tour, frontperson Christian Holden reflects on the return to the road, their many entrepreneurial pursuits, and whether any new music is coming
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Wednesday’s Teenage Dirtbag Hymnals
The Asheville, North Carolina, band Wednesday has become one of the breakout indie bands of the young decade by sifting through the dirt and embracing its own version of a southern thing. Now it’s signed to Dead Oceans and back with an excellent new LP, ‘Rat Saw God.’
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The Past, Present, and Future of M83
After nearly seven years between proper albums, Anthony Gonzalez returns this week with ‘Fantasy,’ his immersive ninth album that hits his nostalgic sweet spot but doesn’t wallow in his history
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The Beautiful Blue Twisted Fantasies of Alvvays
After a five-year hiatus, the Toronto indie-pop outfit returns this week with ‘Blue Rev,’ another dreamy collection of excellent anthems. Frontperson Molly Rankin talks about the new record—and more importantly, her fantasy basketball team.
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The Best Emo Songs of Every Year, 1985 to Now
We’re going from the genre’s roots through the Fifth Wave to break down the best and most popular tracks that have defined the evolution of a hard-to-pin-down genre
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Let Bartees Strange Cook
The hard-to-define, easy-to-love musician is back with ‘Farm to Table,’ a new album that can only be described as "Bartees Strange"
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If This Record Doesn’t Kill PUP, Nothing Will
The Toronto rockers are back this week with ‘The Unraveling of PUPTHEBAND,’ an album that can only be described as the most PUP experience possible. For fans of the quartet, that’s a great thing.
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Deafheaven Is Embracing the Light. Are Their Fans Ready to Do the Same?
The band discusses their beautiful new album, which pivots away from metal and digs deeper into their shoegaze influences, and their new state of mind, which finds them thinking clearer than ever
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How Fleet Foxes Created ‘Shore,’ Their Stunning Surprise-Drop New Album
Summer may be over, but that doesn’t mean that Robin Pecknold isn’t taking in some sunshine
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Can Conor Oberst and Co. Recapture That Classic Bright Eyes Sound?
After a nine-year absence filled with heartache, debilitating controversy, and uneven side projects, the Omaha emo kings are back with a new album, ‘Down in the Weeds Where the World Once Was’