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For almost 15 years, Matthew S (a.k.a. Matthew Smith) was best known as the founder of Illegal Art, the label

If you’re looking for some noir jazz fit to soundtrack a mid-20th-century crime flick, keep looking. Selections From The Gutter

When Parts & Labor played its final show in 2012, fans literally dismantled the stage. It was an appropriately chaotic

How do you keep creating when it feels like everything has already been done? It’s a valid question—one Katherine Perkins

When Dominic Mena found himself without a band in 2022, he briefly considered shit-canning Strange Lot altogether. Instead, he regrouped,

Tori Amos and Bartees Strange at the Met, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Sometimes that certain someone in your head is more compelling than the person standing right in front of you. Lila

Blake Watt has been steadily developing a distinctive voice across a series of acclaimed EPs, while getting his stage legs

The making of Inward Eye (Greenway) was an exercise in looking back to move forward. While Maryam Qudus was busy

While some albums arrive with a concept, Pomelo’s Loreless (Sad Magic) feels more like a state of mind. The debut

There are late-bloomers—and then there’s Eilir Pierce. After more than 30 years, 39 self-released albums and upward of 500 songs,

Nearly a century after Ma Rainey helped define the sound, language and attitude of recorded blues, there are still a

Eleni Mandell at 48 Record Bar, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.

If you have to review Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings in five words or less, you can’t beat the title. Its

Some songs take longer than others to find their way out of the bedroom. In the case of “Sunshine Girl,”

Judy Collins, Richard Thompson and Elles Bailey at the Lansdowne Theater, Lansdowne, Pa. Photos by Chris Sikich.

Tori Amos at the Beacon Theatre, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Life’s extremes have a way of sifting out the emotional paydirt that forms the foundation of a self-aware mid-life gem

After establishing an impressive baseline with the restless, anything-goes energy of 2023’s This Is Not An Exit, ill peach shakes

Some songs can’t be confined by a studio. Case in point: Feral Foster’s “New World Blues,” which, more than a