Jessica Pratt
Members of Wilco, REM, Yo La Tengo & more playing Big Star tribute in L.A.
As happens from time to time, a huge tribute to the legendary Big Star has been announced in LA with members of Wilco, Yo La Tengo, REM and many more. On April 27 at The Alex Theatre in Glendale, Jeff Tweedy, Pat Sansone, Ira Kaplan, Mike Mills, Jessica Pratt, Robyn Hitchcock and more will join […]
Animal Collective announce camping festival in Big Sur ++ fall tour dates, playing Terminal 5
The A N I M A L C O L L E C T I V E Camping Weekend will feature performances by WIFE, Winter, The Range of Light Wilderness, M. Geddes Gengras and Jessica Pratt.
Our Favorite Albums of 2015
& Amanda Hatfield
Every year is a good year for new music, but 2015 felt like the best one in a while. It was an especially great year for major label rap, after 2014 was an especially slow one, but it was good for plenty more than that too: folk, post-punk, indie pop, noise, art pop, punk, etc…
A Few Albums That Won't Be On Pitchfork's Best of 2015
Yesterday, Pitchfork put out their 100 Best Songs of 2015 list, and today they published their Honorable Mentions for albums of the year. A few of the albums did receive Best New Music during the year, like Lower Dens, Levon Vincent, Prurient and Viet Cong, and others weren’t reviewed at all like …
Gorilla vs Bear's Top 50 Albums of 2015 (including Women offshoot Cindy Lee -- listen)
Gorilla vs Bear has published his Top 50 Albums of 2015 list, writing, “We feel pretty confident proclaiming 2015 the best year for new music this decade, and we’d even go so far as to say it’s been arguably our favorite year in the history of this s…
Uncut's Top 75 Albums of 2015
The new issue of UK music mag Uncut is out now, and it includes their Top 75 Albums of 2015 list. Like fellow UK mags MOJO and Q, they’ve got a lot of love for Julia Hol…
Q Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2015
British music mag Q just put out their latest issue which has Coldplay on the cover and also includes their Top 50 Albums of 2015 list (not including the new Coldplay album, which isn’t ou…
Rough Trade Shops list their Top 100 LPs of 2015
It’s that time of year again when folks start publishing their End of Year Best-Of lists. Almost always first out of the gates is UK-based Rough Trade Shops who dropped their 100 Best Albums of 2015 list today…
Let's Wrestle broke up; singer Wesley Gonzalez made his solo debut in London with Jessica Pratt (pics)
Jessica Pratt has been on tour pretty much all year in support of the excellent On Your Own Love Again (on Drag City). We caught her in NYC a few times, and earlier this month we caught her again at London’s Bush Hall (9…
End of the Road fest in pics: War on Drugs, Laura Marling, Tame Impala, Torres, Sleaford Mods, Saint Etienne & more
The 2015 End of the Road Festival happened September 4 – 6 at Larmer Tree Gardens in Wiltshire, England. The lush, pastoral setting — it is apparently not uncommon to see a peacock wandering around — makes for a unique setting, and this year’s lineup included The War on Drugs, Laura Marling, Tame Impala, Future Islands, Torres, Ex Hex, Django Django, Natalie Prass, METZ, Saint Etienne, Sleaford Mods, Mac DeMarco, HInds and many more…
