Lande Hekt

Lande Hekt will also open Laura Jane Grace’s Canadian tour in September

Laura also opens Thursday’s holiday shows this December.

Treefort 2022 happens March 23-27 in downtown Boise, ID and the lineup also includes Jeff Rosenstock, !!!, Mercury Rev, Men I Trust, Magdalena Bay, Lightning Bolt, Deerhoof, Spirit of the Beehive, and more.

We’re a quarter of the way into 2021, a year that’s already full of great albums from underneath the punk umbrella. Here are 20 that we can’t recommend enough…

The Muncie Girls singer/guitarist played songs from her excellent debut solo album on The Alternative’s Streaming Sundays series.

plus Eric Bachmann, Arlo Parks, Ian Isiah, Tombs, Hazel English, Rufus Wainwright, and more livestreams you can watch this week since there are no live concerts to attend.

This week’s playlist also includes new music by Smino, Amanda Shires, Adult Mom, Fontaines DC, CHAI, Goat Girl, Billie Eilish, Rosalia, Kiwi Jr, Palberta, Bill Callahan, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, The Besnard Lakes, Lande Hekt, Jonsi, Arca, Asphyx, The Best of the Worst, R+R=NOW, Duke Deuce, Tindersticks, and more.

This week’s Notable Releases include Muncie Girls singer Lande Hekt’s debut solo album, Afrobeat-infused heavy psych from Here Lies Man, Sufjan/Bon Iver collaborator CARM’s solo debut, and more…

Lande Hekt of UK indie-punks Muncie Girls has written a folky concept album about coming out as a queer woman. It’s whirlwind of emotions, but ultimately, it’s celebratory.

This week’s playlist includes new music by Madlib and Four Tet, Mozzy, Little Dragon and Moses Sumney, Ric Wilson, Blood Menace, Dollar Signs, The Besnard Lakes, Shelter, Bad Operation, Conway the Machine, and more.