This week on our livestream show on Vans Channel 66, we'll be chatting with Anika Pyle (Chumped, Katie Ellen, etc) and she'll be playing an acoustic set live on the show!
Anika Pyle (of Chumped, Katie Ellen, and more) incorporates spoken word, electronics, folk music and more into her first proper solo album, which was inspired by the death of her father and is her most personal and direct work yet.
”I knew I was supposed to like Neil Young but a lot of the 'standards' admittedly are not for me. Eventually I asked Laura and her husband Mike to get me started somewhere, and months later, I would spend nights traveling alone on tour with 'After The Gold Rush' on repeat in my headphones,” Jeff says.
This week's Notable Releases include rising UK art rockers Squid, hip hop breakthroughs from EarthGang and IDK, the debut EP from indie-punk supertrio Sheena Anika & Augusta, and more.
Philly indie punks Cayetana just parted ways, having played their final few shows over the weekend, but the band's Augusta Koch has a new project on the horizon with Anika Pyle (of Katie Ellen and Chumped) and Sheena Ozella (of Lemuria)
Jeff Rosenstock and Chris Farren's collaborative Antarctigo Vespucci project have signed to Polyvinyl, which presumably means a followup to their 2015 debut Leavin' La Vida Loca is on the way.
Brush is a new-ish band featuring members of Chumped, Katie Ellen, and Adult Dude, and they just released their first single as a full four-piece band.
Our July 2018 playlist includes new tracks by Cat Power, Blood Orange, Dirty Projectors, Foxing, Brockhampton, Denzel Curry, Phoebe Bridgers, Deafheaven, Phosphorescent, and more.