Hop Along

It's been two years since Hop Along's last tour, and they'll be back on the road this fall for dates surrounding their Pitchfork Festival appearance.

Ahead of their live dates at Pitchfork Festival and Philly Music Fest, Hop Along's Frances Quinlan did a live session at Russo Music Philadelphia.

COVID vaccines or negative test results will be required to attend the 2021 edition of Pitchfork Fest, which also features Big Thief, Animal Collective, The Fiery Furnaces, Angel Olsen, Kim Gordon, Ty Segall & Freedom Band, Waxahatchee, and more

The 2021 fest also features Alex G, Spirit of the Beehive, Control Top, Queen of Jeans, Moor Mother, Irreversible Entanglements, and more.

”Identifying as nonbinary has helped me to finally be at home in this body,” Frances writes. ”The pronouns they/them feel most right to me.”

Boris live albums and rarities, Mikey Erg demos, a Hot Snakes rarity, a William Tyler EP, unearthed Hop Along songs from 2005, a Jason Isbell live album, Hedwig's John Cameron Mitchell, three huge compilations, and more special releases out for Bandcamp Friday...

Frances Quinlan has put her 2006 Hop Along, Queen Ansleis album on streaming services for the first time, and also released a Bandcamp-exclusive EP with previously unreleased songs from that era...

plus Manchester Orchestra and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.

Sacred Bones, Thrill Jockey, Sad13, Wicca Phase, RVNG, Father/Daughter, Get Better, Brutal Panda, Cascine & more are donating to bail funds, legal defense funds, and other similar causes.

Watch just-released, pre-lockdown footage of Frances Quinlan playing an NPR Tiny Desk Concert.