Girl Ray

Our October playlist includes songs by Frank Ocean, Nick Cave, Michael Kiwanuka, Sudan Archives, The 1975, Anna Meredith, Chromatics, Destroyer, Matt Berninger & Phoebe Bridgers, Big Thief, Great Grandpa, Frances Quinlan, and more.

Listen to new songs by Girl Ray, Jeffrey Lewis, Lloyd Cole, Nile, FKA twigs, Kim Gordon and more.

This week: reviews of new records by Whitney, Parsnip, and The Vacant Lots, plus Catherine Wheel’s ’Adam & Eve’ gets a vinyl reissue, and ’90s Britpop act Salad release their first album in 22 years.

Our July 2019 playlist includes tracks by Angel Olsen, Bon Iver, Sleater-Kinney, Chelsea Wolfe, Jenny Hval, Whitney, Purple Mountains, Ride, The Flaming Lips, Rosalia, Beyonce, Lingua Ignota, and more.

UK trio Girl Ray’s second album, ’Girl,’ is out in November and finds them embracing synthesizers and shiner pop sounds.

Listen to new holiday songs by Queens of the Stone Age, Robyn, CJ Ramone, Taken by Trees, Jonwayne, Bubble & Squeak (Girl Ray/Boy Least Likely To), Confidence Man,

Union Pool’s Summer Thunder series brings free shows every Saturday.

Plus: this year’s MoMA PS1 Warm-Up lineup, Summer Slaughter tour, Teleman, and more.

The 2018 edition of Iceland Airwaves happens November 7 – 10 in downtown Reykjavík. The initial lineup, which is equal parts Icelandic artists and international acts has just been announced and includes Soccer Mommy and Jade Bird (both of whom made BV’s SXSW 2018 Best in Show), plus Girl Ray, Agent Fresco, Superorganism, The Orielles and more…

Honed by a lengthy tour with Porches and energized by New York City and the enthusiastic Union Pool crowd, Girl Ray genuinely shined.