ON ROTATION: AGAR AGAR
On rotation this week is Agar Agar, the electronic duo from Paris who are bringing back elegance, defiance and slow-burning synth to the French music scene.
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ON ROTATION: ‘FRANCIS TROUBLE’, ALBERT HAMMOND JR.
This week we’re listening to ‘Francis Trouble,’ the dynamic and oftentimes devastating new album from Albert Hammond Jr. ‘Francis Trouble’ navigates the difficult journey to the crux of one man’s psyche – and reveals harrowing truths about our own vulnerabilities in the process.
MODERN GIRLS x FLATBOX vol. 2
NYC, come dance! MODERN GIRLS is putting on another show with our friends from Flatbox. Come see Nation of Language, Jackie Mendoza, Water From Your Eyes, and Anna Altman – one night only, 4/18 at Trans-Pecos.
PLAYLIST: INT’L WOMEN’S DAY
A playlist for all 365 days of International Women’s Day, featuring Empress Of, X-Ray Spex, Destiny’s Child, Kate Bush, and over sixty (!) more trailblazing women. Happy IWD from our sisterhood to yours.
ON ROTATION: ‘TOTEP’, KERO KERO BONITO
Kero Kero Bonito’s latest effort TOTEP, self-released this past Tuesday, introduces a fresh and unexpectedly dark new sound for the British electro-pop trio. This week we have it on repeat.
INTERVIEW: SIDNEY GISH
When she isn’t in class at Northeastern or creating doodles for her mom to embroider, Boston-based Sidney Gish is writing, playing, recording and mixing her own music in her dorm room – and she has a 7.7 Pitchfork rating on her latest release ‘NO DOGS ALLOWED’ to show for it. We had the chance to talk with Sidney about her writing process, identity, and – of course – Carrie Brownstein.
ON ROTATION: SEDONA’S ‘CALL ME UP’
This week, we have Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter’s fantastical new video for her song “Call Me Up”, a femme anthem for music lovers of the past, present, and future.
PLAYLIST: CRUSH, CRUSH, CRUSH
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we have a dreamy little mix of songs made for crushin’. Crush on a lover, crush on a friend, crush on a stranger, or crush on yourself to the timeless romance of Serge Gainsbourg, Karen O, Nina Simone, and Françoise Hardy. Nous t’aimons.
INTERVIEW: LASER-GUN POP WITH PEARL & THE OYSTERS
Sticky-sweet but never cloying, Pearl and the Oysters’ eponymous debut album is equal parts fantastical space opera and cult 60’s beach movie. We were honored to have the chance to chat with the band about their debut album and what comes next.
A LOVE LETTER TO ‘A LOVE SUPREME’
In honor of Black History Month, we’re paying homage to one of the purest and transcendental pieces of work fifty years on – John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme.”
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