Thomas Dollbaum brings his Americana-leaning indie rock to DC9.

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Read Marissa Lorusso’s review of the album.

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This week's Friday Song is "Portals to the Past," from the Vermont-based band.

Read Peyton Thomas’s review of the album.

Grief, mischief, and my obsession with Kurt Wagner’s extraordinary new album

Burlington, VT-based indie rock singer-songwriter Lily Seabird is gearing up to release her new album, 'Lightspheres in the Way,' this

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You’re probably wondering, “What’s a lightsphere?” Lily Seabird, who invented the term when she titled her new album Lightspheres On Your Way, defines a lightsphere as a catalyzing presence that peren...

Lily Seabird has released "Lightspheres on Their Way", the title track of her upcoming new album due in October.

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Inspired by traditional psalm singing and the Minnesotans he surrounds himself with, Kurt Wagner’s new album is his masterpiece.

Kurt Wagner discusses Lambchop's 17th album, 'Punching the Clown,' in a conversation running from untrained singers and lined-out gospel to the difference between spiritualism and religion.

Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner’s weathered voice typically brushes up against melody, rather than embracing it. He sings very simply, with feeling but not much artifice, and if we left it at that, Punching th...

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Shit Hole Country • Lily Seabird • Lambchop • Radiator Hospital • Krill • Hollow Hand • Thomas Dollbaum • Brown Horse • POP Montréal • The Eno River Association’s 60th Anniversary Celebration

Read Sam Sodomsky’s review of the album.

Kurt Wagner discusses Lambchop's 17th album, 'Punching the Clown,' in a conversation running from untrained singers and lined-out gospel to the difference between spiritualism and religion.

Jacob Ungerleider's solo debut, Congratulations, finds unexpected lift in melancholy. Richly arranged yet remarkably unforced, these finely crafted pop songs seem to end every phrase on an updraft.

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A roundup of some new songs I love from the past few days that scratch a similarly earthy itch.

Podcast Episode · PHILM The Podcast · August 11 · 1h 8m

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