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Remember ‘sad girl rock’? Snail Mail, one of its key musicians, doesn’t think it ever existed

INTERVIEW: Along with artists such as Mitski and Phoebe Bridgers, Lindsey Jordan came to define the angsty, women-led and often queer melancholy of late 2010s indie-rock. But it was a media-concocted movement with a ‘weird energy’, she tells Louis Chilton, ahead of the release her stellar new album ‘Ricochet’

The Independent UK · Mar 1

“I like a standard-tuning guitar. If you can’t put your ideas across with that, you’re in trouble”: Justin Hawkins on why he’s not convinced by alternate tunings

Hawkins believes that E standard offers plenty of opportunity for expression

Guitar World · Jul 9, 2025

Australia to host ‘Space-out competition’ – where people compete to do nothing

Created by a South Korean artist suffering burnout, the serious but absurd contest is just one of 65 events coming to Melbourne’s winter arts festival

The Guardian - AU · Mar 11, 2025

The Mix: Cool things to do in Chicago Oct. 27-Nov. 2

The Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade, “A Christmas Story, The Musical” and Tammy McCann performing “Yes, Mahalia!” are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 26, 2022

Paramore: ‘We realised this band isn’t worth risking our health for’

One of the most influential bands of their generation, Paramore were nearly torn apart by infighting and industry sexism. Now, after four years of self-reflection, they’re back – and ready to respond to a ‘crazy’ moment for the US

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2022

Soccer Mommy: Sometimes, Forever review – warm, toothsome pop with icy blasts of angst

Sophie Allison’s impressive follow-up to Color Theory sets emotional gridlock, the supernatural and apocalyptic despair to sweet melody and cold gusts of noise

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2022