Women of Country are battling for a place at the table
The latest edition of CMT’s “Next Women of Country” tour comes as women in country music are battling on several fronts: They struggle to get signed to major labels and...
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Majid Jordan went from zero to everything in one song
The Canadian electro-R&B duo Majid Jordan had been together for about 18 months when it landed its first No. 1, “Hold On, We’re Going Home,” a collaboration with Drake. Majid...
Starset continues its odd sonic concoction
According to frontman Dustin Bates, his Columbus, Ohio-based group Starset is “not quite a band as much as a laboratory.” Bates is a scientist, with a master’s in electrical engineering...
Rachael Yamagata is still the ‘it’ girl, which is good and bad
Back in 2016, singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata enlisted actress Allison Janney to star as a sad, sexy clown in the video for “Let Me Be Your Girl,” one of the standout...
Sleigh Bells’ peal still makes a glorious racket
When Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells got together 10 years ago, songwriter-guitarist Derek Miller was an ex-member of hardcore band Poison the Well; singer Alexis Krauss was the ex-lead singer of...
Bedouine, coming at you with heaviness hiding behind sunshine
Singer-songwriter Azniv Korkejian, who records as Bedouine, released her self-titled debut back in June. It’s a striking, complex work, a sunny, retro, Laurel Canyon-style country-folk album that’s also moody and...
Datsik’s EDM jams have roots in his deep love of notions of ninjas
Last year, Canadian dubstep phenom Datsik launched the first iteration of his Ninja Nation tour. It was a high-tech, Asian-influenced outing: Datsik wore a state-of-the-art LED helmet and face mask,...
Gus Dapperton is more than a bowl cut and a few tracks
When singer-songwriter Gus Dapperton played a sold-out show at the Mercury Lounge in New York City recently, he looked out at the audience and saw a handful of people who...
The dazzling origins of Forever Different Family
It’s not the most glamorous origin story, but this is how things happen sometimes: The members of South Side hip-hop trio Forever Different Family met last year, when rapper Jerome...
Zeshan B manages to make magic, no matter the language
Singer Zeshan Bagewadi is the son of immigrants, Muslim Indians who raised him on a steady diet of funk and soul records in Villa Park and Lombard. He first sang...