The 10 Best Performances at the Newport Folk Festival 2023
Newport Folk Festival’s lineup remains an impressive showcase for promising new acts, diverse genres, and established acts. “Be present. Be kind. Be open. Be together.”
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The 25 Best Indie Rock Albums of 2022
In 2022, indie rock was a guitar-led extravaganza with artists drawing from an ever-widening musical well. These are the 25 best indie rock albums of the year.
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The 50 Best Albums of 2022 So Far
The 50 best albums of 2022 offer sublime music as major artists return with new albums and brilliant new sounds bubble up from the underground and worldwide.
Bartees Strange Offers Sophomore Tour de Force on ‘Farm to Table’
Continuing to blend hip-hop and indie rock, Bartees Strange charts a musically agile, emotionally-charged journey through his psyche on Farm to Table.
Mdou Moctar and Bartees Strange Thrill at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
Hanif Abdurraqib curated an exciting genre-defying series of concerts at the Brooklyn Academy of Music that kicked off with Mdou Moctar and Bartees Strange.
Best New Songs: Bartees Strange, Matilda Mann, Bakar
The PM Picks playlist spotlights the best new songs across the varied genres we cover. Today features Bartees Strange, Matilda Mann, Bakar, DRIIA, and Shobsy.
No Tricks, All Treats at Outside Lands 2021
San Francisco’s marquee festival Outside Lands returned on Halloween for a monstrous mash of musical celebration with Angel Olsen, Tame Impala, Lizzo, and more.
The 25 Best New Musical Artists of 2020
The best new artists are pushing boundaries as popular music becomes less genre-focused. New artists are forging new identities, rather than occupying the convenient marketing categories of the past.
The 10 Best Indie Rock Albums of 2020
Whether influenced by 1970s folk and soft rock, 1980s post-punk, 1990s alternative and grunge music, or indie rock from the 2000s, guitars are all over this list.