Phoebe Bridgers’ Phone-Free SF Show Was My Best Concert of the Year
[SF Gate] SFGATE senior culture editor Dan Gentile was wowed by the Grammy-winning songwriter By Dan Gentile Grammy-winning songwriter Phoebe Bridgers took the stage at Chase Center on Tuesday night to Beatlemania-esque screams from a largely Gen Z audience, who at any other show would’ve thrust their arms in the air, phone cameras rolling. But when the ...
For Strawberry Guy, the hope comes after the magic
[Line of Best Fit] By Anushka Dakshit Surviving virality and graduating from his bedroom-pop setup, Strawberry Guy tells Anushka Dakshit how he maintained a DIY attitude and led with emotion while putting together his recent sophomore album. Shortly after the integration of TikTok into our everyday lives and the cultural sphere, a dreamy, cavernous tune ...
Richard Thompson – Hippies, Thugs and Heroes Reviewed: Fairport Guitarist Delivers One of the Bleakest, and Best, Records of His Career
[MOJO] Putting the brio in lugubrious: master misanthrope’s spectacularly dour line-up of miscreants and lost souls. Richard Thompson - Hippies, Thugs and Heroes ★★★★★ The hypnotic closing jangle on the first Richard Thompson album since 2024’s Ship To Shore, Siren captures another poor sap heading on to the emotional rocks. “It’s only love that stops my breath ...
Caroline Rose, Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall
[Flood Magazine] Blending synthpop, alt-country, and punk, the songwriter’s surrealist vision of American suburbia in 2026 is fueled by tracks that rip and soak in the moments they depict. By Kyle Lemmon Caroline RoseGentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman MallSUCK Caroline Rose’s records are propulsive—the perfect music for a long drive. Tracks like “Yip ...
Q&A: Tommy Lefroy’s ‘The Precariat’ is Proof That Everything is Political
[The Luna Collective] By August Nguyen TOMMY LEFROY DO NOT TAKE THEMSELVES VERY SERIOUSLY—but their music? Very much so. An unabashedly political body of work, The Precariat sees soft-rock duo Wynter Bethel and Tessa Mouzourakis asking big questions about capitalism, disasters, and the American empire through strikingly intimate melodies and imagery. From the silly pop ...
