Wade Forster is carrying songs shaped by real rodeo dust onto one of country music’s most storied stages. The Australian singer-songwriter released The Aftermath on August 14 through Community Music and is set to make his Grand Ole Opry debut on September 30. Forster’s path into music began far from […]
Brennan Wedl’s self-titled ANTI- debut does not arrive with the careful distance of a formal introduction. Released August 21, Brennan Wedl feels immediate, funny, spiritual and unguarded—the sound of an artist sorting through old expectations while refusing to lose her sense of play. Wedl previously co-founded the queercore group Dazey […]
Slow Pulp are letting uncertainty speak for itself. “Spill,” the final single before the band’s third album Melodie, due September 18 via ANTI-, circles the fear and exhilaration that can arrive when a relationship starts to feel real. The song lives in the space Slow Pulp handle especially well: a […]
Wasia Project are stepping into a bigger, brighter frame. The Chinese-British sibling duo of Will Gao and Olivia Hardy have handed “Vogue” to revered German DJ and producer Gerd Janson, whose remix pulls the song toward the dance floor without sanding away its emotional edge. The new version arrives just […]
Laura Misch has never treated music like something that should stay neatly inside a speaker. On Lithic (Live at the Barbican), released September 4, the London saxophonist, producer and composer turns her biggest headline performance to date into an immersive meeting point between sound, water, stone and space. Recorded at […]
