Pissed Jeans: Men Against Boys
Matt Korvette has only been to Big Gay Ice Cream in South Philadelphia once before. It’s 8 p.m. the evening after Valentine’s Day and the only patrons appear to be couples. Lady Gaga plays loudly when he enters the room. Korvette’s dressed in all black—an amusing juxtaposition against the shop’s rainbow interior. The entire scene couldn’t be further from anything his sludge punk outfit Pissed Jeans serve to represent—perhaps with the exception of the sadistic humor in eating ice cream when it...
Japanese Breakfast Finds Life in Loss, Again
Michelle Zauner wrote through her grief on her breakout album, 'Psychopomp.' Then she realized she had more to say.
This might’ve been a mistake. It’s before 11 a.m. on a Thursday, and I’ve asked Michelle Zauner, the brain behind the band Japanese Breakfast, to meet me at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, the city she calls home. It’s the only museum in Philly that houses a planetarium, and given the title and themes on her sophomore album Soft Sounds From Another Planet, it felt like t...
Songs We Love: Sports, 'Making It Right'
There should be an industrywide rule that only acts of quality are allowed to name their project something wholly impossible to Google. Luckily for Sports — a Philadelphia-via-Gambier, Ohio twee-punk four-piece — it makes the cut.
It's been two years since we last heard new music from this young band — the last LP, 2015's All of Something, shot straight for the heart with its doe-eyed college rock riffs and shimmering lyrical disappointments. At the time of All of Something's creation, they w...
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On “A Place I’ll Always Go,” Palehound’s Ellen Kempner Becomes Her Own Hero « Bandcamp Daily
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Hear Katie Ellen's Catchy 'Lucy Stone,' Featuring Members Of Chumped : NPR
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Review: Harry Styles wants to save rock 'n' roll
Review: Harry Styles wants to save rock 'n' roll
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Katy Perry's Failed Journey To Wokeness | Complex
Katy Perry's Failed Journey To Wokeness | Complex
Great Grandpa's Slacker-Rock Is Up For The 'Teen Challenge' : NPR
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Beyoncé Songs That Play Differently Post-'LEMONADE' | Complex
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