Wilco – Cousin [track by track review]

Wilco, a Chicago-based band that ranges from alternative country to indie rock, has just released their 13th studio album Cousin. Wilco’s influence is hard to quantify, they’ve spread many seeds across indie rock. Bands such as Fleet Foxes, Fruit Bats and My...
Introducing: Claud

Introducing: Claud

Claud is a queer/nonbinary artist from in Highland Park, the Chicago suburbs where they began songwriting at 14 and have since released a handful of bedroom/indie pop hits! They got their start as a musician at rock and roll camps where they bonded with other music...
Introducing Marielle Kraft

Introducing Marielle Kraft

Marielle Kraft, an indie pop singer-songwriter from Philadelphia, grew up loving musicals. Her earliest memory of performing was in the third grade talent show. She sang her own rendition of “Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music. “It’s so...
Alice Phoebe Lou at City Winery Nashville

Alice Phoebe Lou at City Winery Nashville

Friday night I had the privilege of attending Alice Pheobe Lou’s first concert in Nashville, at the City Winery Lounge, located just above a J. Howell concert happening at the same time in the main hall. As she walks out on stage she jokes that we’re all standing in a...
Introducing: Oh He Dead

Introducing: Oh He Dead

CJ and her band Oh He Dead are based in Washington DC. She grew up in the area surrounded by GoGo music, a brand of funk that is very characteristic of the DC area. CJ’s earliest memories in music were of sitting in the kitchen, eating oatmeal that her mom had just...