Chris DeVille

Art-pop greats Christine And The Queens took a detour out of their main discography with last year’s Redcar les adorables étoiles, released under the name Redcar or Christine And The Queens Presents Redcar. This summer Chris will return to the Christine And The Queens moniker with an ambitious new album called PARANOÏA,  » Read More

Old-school indie rap heads rejoice: A new album from veteran rap weirdo Kool Keith and Boldy James associate Real Bad Man is on the way, and its lead single features both Slug from Atmosphere and stone cold legend Ice-T. The album, titled Serpent, will slither into the world two weeks from now.  » Read More

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It’s been a fascinating run for Alaska Reid. When I first encountered the LA-based Montana native’s music seven years ago, she was making moody guitar-powered alt-rock with the band Alyeska. Since going solo in 2019, her music has taken a poppier, more synthetic turn while maintaining the same twilit,  » Read More

Pretty good lineup you’ve got there, Outside Lands! The San Francisco music festival returns to Golden Gate Park this Aug. 11-13. They’ve lined up a solid slate of headliners to mark their 15th year: Kendrick Lamar tops the bill, followed by Foo Fighters, who are headlining a truly stunning number of fests this year.  » Read More

Asher Gamedze is a South African “drummer, historian, cultural worker, and political organizer” who has found his way into the orbit of International Anthem, the Chicago-based label that does a great job of building bridges between the jazz world and indie music fans like me. Gamedze has played with artists like Angel Bat Dawid,  » Read More

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The Tallest Man On Earth, aka Swedish singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson, announced his new album Henry St. last month with the release of lead single “Every Little Heart.” Today he’s sharing the title track. It’s a lovely little piano ballad in the Daniel Johnston vein with a video by Jeroen Dankers that starts in a neon-streaked karaoke room and eventually spills out onto the streets of Amsterdam.  » Read More

Miya Folick is building toward the release of new album Roach. Over the past year she’s shared singles “Get Out Of My House,” “Bad Thing,” “Nothing To See,” “Ordinary,” and “Oh God.”  » Read More