Music & Culture First Listen: Speedy Ortiz, 'Twerp Verse' 9:27am April 19, 2018 by Mike Katzif Twerp Verse shows Sadie Dupuis and her band at their most pointed and fearless.
Music & Culture First Listen: Half Waif, 'Lavender' 5:00am April 19, 2018 by Marissa Lorusso Lavender shows Nandi Rose Plunkett coming to terms with the reality that pain is often an important intermediary to wisdom.
Music & Culture First Listen: Okkervil River, 'In The Rainbow Rain' 5:00am April 19, 2018 by Stephen Thompson On his band's new album, Will Sheff views crises and crucibles as opportunities to appreciate life's gifts.
Music & Culture With 'Honeycomb,' Deafheaven Matches Its Expansive Promise 2:44pm April 18, 2018 by Lars Gotrich The first single from the metal band's fourth album, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, offers a gift for the patient Deafheaven listener.
Music & Culture On 'It's Not Just Me,' Let's Eat Grandma Crystallizes A Crush 12:59pm April 18, 2018 by Joshua Bote Newfound infatuation is tenuous and uncertain, but Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth revel in it for as long as they can.
Music & Culture Mazzy Star Returns With 'Quiet, The Winter Harbour' 9:54am April 18, 2018 by Andrew Flanagan Hope Sandoval's timeless voice breaches reality once more, bringing with it news of an EP out this summer.
Music & Culture Dump Your Boyfriend, Scream Along To GRLwood's Hooky 'Bisexual' 1:53pm April 17, 2018 by Lars Gotrich The first single from Daddy lulls you into the Louisville duo's self-deprecating, surf-inspired punk — before tearing you apart.
Music & Culture Jim James Decries Media Distortion In Society With New Song, Album 11:22am April 17, 2018 by Bob Boilen The new solo album from My Morning Jacket's frontman was inspired, in part, by the explosion of information people are expected to consume, which, he says, leaves "more and more of us feeling lost."
Music & Culture Hit Bargain Says 'Hell Is Real' And We're Living In It 10:30am April 17, 2018 by Stefanie Fernández Los Angeles "queencore" band Hit Bargain wonders if everything isn't already aflame with hellfire on its newest single.
Music & Culture You Know What, Fine: Taylor Swift Covers Earth, Wind & Fire's 'September' 7:54pm April 13, 2018 by Stephen Thompson Right now, the Earth often can bring to mind an exploding toilet. So go ahead, knock yourself out.