Pigs x7 Embrace Negative Headspace With Their New Album, ‘Death Hilarious’
[Washington Post] The British band will perform at the 9:30 Club on Friday, June 20. The members of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs — or Pigs x7 for short — are England’s leading purveyors of sludgy, perpetually stoned metal. The five-piece outfit march in lockstep, churning out sleazy riffs and rhythm-section rumble as ...
Lucius Normalize Being Moms in Music: ‘It Shouldn’t Be Radical’
[Rolling Stone] The duo of Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig make the best album of their career with a self-titled LP informed by family and all that goes with it By Marissa R. Moss “Here, hold him,” says Lucius’ Jess Wolfe, plopping her 6-month-old son Leo in my lap. I have never held a child during an ...
Kathleen Edwards Announces New Album Billionaire Co-Produced By Jason Isbell: Hear Two Tracks
[Stereogum] By Danielle Chelosky In 2020, Kathleen Edwards released her fifth album Total Freedom after taking a break from music. Last month she was covered by Waxahatchee and Brennan Wedl in Nashville, and now the Canadian singer-songwriter is announcing her new record Billionaire, which is produced by Jason Isbell and Gena Johnson. The refreshing songs “Save Your Soul” and “Say ...
Aimee Mann in W Magazine’s Long May They Rock: Nine Trailblazing Women Who Rewrote the Rules of Music
[W Magazine] From Apollonia and Debbie Harry to Aimee Mann and Crystal Waters, we salute the unstoppable artists whose sounds, styles, and stories continue to define generations. By Alex Hawgood AIMEE MANN Aimee Mann’s creative process starts with a feeling—one she doesn’t fully understand until she picks up a guitar. “When you’re playing music, you’ll ...
Okan Reimagines Afro-Cuban Spirituality
[Latinx Project NYU] The Afro-Cuban jazz group Okan consists of two Black female musicians: Elizabeth Rodríguez on violin and Magdelys Savigne on batá drums and drums. Born in Cuba and trained musically in Havana, Rodríguez and Savigne met in 2016 in Canada while in the band Maqueque, led by Jane Bunnet. A year later, they ...
