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Back in the dark days of March/April 2020, when COVID shut down just about everything, one of the few lifelines, one of the few reasons to even know what time (or day) it was, were the livestreams from Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie. He eventually had to...
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Even after having huge 2020 & 2021, Phoebe Bridgers is staying big this year, playing a ton of festivals like Alabama’s Hangout (QRO photos) and Louisville’s Forecastle (QRO photos) – not to mention an upcoming three-night run in NYC, both Prospect Park Bandshell (14th & 15th) and Forest Hills...
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Wilder Maker returns with full length album Male Models, out 7/29 via Western Vinyl. You can catch the video for their first track “Letter of Apology”. A raffish guitar riff opens onto classic rock textures, though the architecture built up by the lead guitar takes the tune in unconventional...
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L.A.’s ASHRR are working hard to release some new tracks in anticipation of their forthcoming second record, due to release later in the year. Apart from the string of indie rock tracks we delved into in past reviews (“Dark Eyes”, “Same Way”, and “WAVES”), the first two singles of...
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There has been a debate for some time now (around several decades, to be honest) about whether music is gradually losing quality. Nowadays, the current wave of mainstream music – more urban and with way fewer instruments than before, and thus less musicality – is reliving this debate, making...
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Sometimes, the road to a new record can be long and tedious, like watching a sausage dry until we can eat it. Reasons for that vary: being a total perfectionist, utter lack of inspiration, changes in the band’s lineup, a pandemic… Your pick. Thus, when songs start shaping up...
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QRO loved New York’s own The Forms (QRO spotlight on) back in the day (like a decade, decade-and-a-half ago), which is why it’s so great to see that they’re back in action, putting together their first album since 2011’s Derealization EP (QRO review). The Steve Albini-recorded album comes out...
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On May 6th, Luaka Bop Records will re-release 1975’s When Do We Get Paid by the Staples Jr. Singers. Little-known at the time, the gospel record featured the Aberdeen, Mississippi singers still in their teens, and though members of the group went on to successful careers of their own,...
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In the run-up to the April release of their debut full-length, Wet Leg have put out their latest great single & video, “Angelica”. Their massive tour (see below) has sold-out across the world, often getting them bumped into bigger venues. They’re sure to be a massive draw at South-by-Southwest,...
Back in the dark days of March/April 2020, when COVID shut down just about everything, one of the few lifelines, one of the few reasons to even know what time (or day) it was, were the livestreams from Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie. He eventually had to...
Even after having huge 2020 & 2021, Phoebe Bridgers is staying big this year, playing a ton of festivals like Alabama’s Hangout (QRO photos) and Louisville’s Forecastle (QRO photos) – not to mention an upcoming three-night run in NYC, both Prospect Park Bandshell (14th & 15th) and Forest Hills...
Wilder Maker returns with full length album Male Models, out 7/29 via Western Vinyl. You can catch the video for their first track “Letter of Apology”. A raffish guitar riff opens onto classic rock textures, though the architecture built up by the lead guitar takes the tune in unconventional...
L.A.’s ASHRR are working hard to release some new tracks in anticipation of their forthcoming second record, due to release later in the year. Apart from the string of indie rock tracks we delved into in past reviews (“Dark Eyes”, “Same Way”, and “WAVES”), the first two singles of...
There has been a debate for some time now (around several decades, to be honest) about whether music is gradually losing quality. Nowadays, the current wave of mainstream music – more urban and with way fewer instruments than before, and thus less musicality – is reliving this debate, making...
Sometimes, the road to a new record can be long and tedious, like watching a sausage dry until we can eat it. Reasons for that vary: being a total perfectionist, utter lack of inspiration, changes in the band’s lineup, a pandemic… Your pick. Thus, when songs start shaping up...
QRO loved New York’s own The Forms (QRO spotlight on) back in the day (like a decade, decade-and-a-half ago), which is why it’s so great to see that they’re back in action, putting together their first album since 2011’s Derealization EP (QRO review). The Steve Albini-recorded album comes out...
On May 6th, Luaka Bop Records will re-release 1975’s When Do We Get Paid by the Staples Jr. Singers. Little-known at the time, the gospel record featured the Aberdeen, Mississippi singers still in their teens, and though members of the group went on to successful careers of their own,...
In the run-up to the April release of their debut full-length, Wet Leg have put out their latest great single & video, “Angelica”. Their massive tour (see below) has sold-out across the world, often getting them bumped into bigger venues. They’re sure to be a massive draw at South-by-Southwest,...