This might have been a column about indie-rock legend Kurt Vile’s Aug. 23 show at Sister, and perhaps, in a way, it still [...]

Songwriter Frankie Rose inhabits a sublime realm. She formerly purveyed her talents as a founding member of the Vivian Girls, in Crystal Stilts [...]

Leon Russell made friends with the piano at 4 years old. Unlike many childhood friendships, the passage of nearly seven decades finds the [...]

On a four-by-four wooden platform in a dimly lit room, Donne Lewis taps away. Her shoes clack, creating tattoo cadence, and she stops [...]

Neko Case’s lyrics are ornery: primal yet polished, contrary and labyrinthine. Most of her material addresses a humanity that seeks to—but never can—divorce [...]

Hanson has come a long way since 1997, both professionally and personally. They’ve married, had kids, created their own record label and host [...]

One-man sludge/doom outfit Hell—and its ungoogleable mastermind/multi-instrumentalist M.S.W.—has been cranking out funereal metal since 2009. Hailing from Salem, Ore., Hell has released three [...]

I was born in a swamp. OK, I was actually born in a well-appointed hospital in Alexandria, La. But I did grow up [...]

Bay area rock and roll foursome Ovvl may have adopted witch-house spelling, but their sound is pure early-to-mid-’70s rawk tinged with stoner metal [...]

As I awaited Versions, Zola Jesus’ symphonic vox and orchestral pop sensibility were never in question. JG Thirlwell aka Clint Ruin was orchestrating [...]