If you’ve spent any amount of time on queer social media, you know there’s a lot of gatekeeping. Lots of people struggling to define terms that are really in fact flexible — something that is at times liberating and at…
Tan Sanders and the Derelicts pack a mean swagger with their alt-country. It’s all in the guitar, really, as we can hear in the Goldsboro, NC’s new single “That’s OK.” While Sanders delivers the requisite breakup lyrics with the requisite…
I think I’ve written a few times now that I feel homesick for New York City…even though I’m still right here. (Unlike those yellowbellies who fled in the spring.) So it’s poignant to watch Half/Brother’s video for “Second Avenue,” both…
Nashville veteran Jenn Grinels relocated to Portland, and in doing so found the grounding she needed to get to work on her new album, Go Mine, set to be released on November 20th. The album features elements of soul, jazz,…
Hello! I’m writing to you on Election Day, either from a blissful or ordinary past. Either way, Grace Pettis’ sleek “Drop Another Pin” is going to be the song we need to listen to: either because we need the escapism…