On the Road with J.S. Ondara
Six years ago, Kenyan folk singer J.S. Ondara left his home country behind to live with an aunt in Minneapolis and pursue his dream of becoming a musician. Though he was wholly unprepared for the windchills of the northern Midwest, he’s been able to channel his experience as a stranger in a strange land into…
Billie Eilish’s Mouthful of an Album Is an Overdramatic Tumblr Post Brought to Life
Dafydd Owen/Avalon via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Dropping “Ocean Eyes” on Soundcloud a few years ago, 15 year-old Billie Eilish never expected it would lead to an impressive cult following and a well received EP, don’t smile at me. And yet, it did. The EP introduced a young new…
Up Close and Personal with San Francisco’s Original Punks
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Long before it became a playground for budding millionaires, San Francisco was a city filled with freaks. Its punk scene, like a lot of early punk scenes, drew art students, outcasts, weirdos, and plenty of people just looking for a new kind of kick. Ruby…
How Often Do You Need to Read About Aly & AJ Before You Just Listen to Their New Music?
Aly & AJ Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week: “Church” by Aly & AJ (Aly & AJ Music) Why we’re into it: While Aly & AJ may have already made their Friday Find debut, their newest track requires another appearance for its exploration of the girls’ religious path in a song…
On the Road With Jacob Collier
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Earlier this month, we went to Irving Plaza in New York City to get to know Jacob Collier, the 24-year-old hyper-kinetic, preternaturally talented British composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. Collier began releasing YouTube videos in his teens that featured complex arrangements of pop songs and playfully…
Melvv’s “Blank” Provides the Sound to Ponder Life’s More Complicated Questions
Melvv Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week: “Blank” by Melvv (Atlantic Recording, 2019) Why we’re into it: A track for those days when you accept that life sometimes is so overwhelming, the best you can do is just feel…nothing. Melvv has long distinguished himself by creating the kind of tracks that stand out from…