Bear Hands: “Giants”

Brooklyn-based quartet Bear Hands' sophomore album, Distraction, is studded with enough high-flying '80s-style synths and pealing guitars to soundtrack a John Hughes film. That being said, the alt-pop exemplifi...

Lone Star-Soaked Chaos: SXSW 2014

Amidst the industry execs and journalistic superpowers, we had the humble pleasure of attending the South By Southwest Music Festival last week in Austin, TX. As we soon found out, the trick to navigating SX's ...

Francis Lung: “A Selfish Man”

Wu Lyf's former bassist never explicitly states that his new single is a story of the group's breakup, but it doesn't take a genius to connect the dots. Following the Manchester band's dissolution in late 20...

Profile:
Johnnyswim

Johnnyswim — husband-and-wife singer-songwriter duo Amanda Sudano and Abner Ramirez — has been gracing the headlines of some of the most trafficked music news outlets in the country. VH1, NPR, and The Tonight S...

Ben Khan: “Eden”

Ben Khan is the dark horse of electronic R&B. Not even an EP has come out of this British-born Kashmir artist, but his mystique only adds to his allure — his three SoundCloud-released tracks are being consu...

5 Questions
with Lizzo

Minneapolis-based rapper Lizzo has stomped through the jungles of plenty of genres — R&B, electro-pop, gospel, and indie rock are all a part of her musical arsenal. Her latest album, LIZZOBANGERS, is an add...