Articles by Ian Gormely

An Essential Guide to Stephen Malkmus

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2019

The '90s were a weird time for music. Bands like Butthole Surfers and the Flaming Lips got signed to major labels. There was a ska revival....

Sir Babygirl Is Making "Outsider Top 40" For Everyone on 'Crush on Me'

PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2019

"You know when don't you realize that you could pursue the thing you really love the most? For me, pop is that thing," says Kelsie Hogue, a...

Avril Lavigne

Head Above Water

PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2019

What do you do with a rebel heart when it gets old?   It's an age-old question that everyone from Elvis to JAY-Z have grappled with, with v...

Five Noteworthy Facts You Might Not Know About Avril Lavigne

PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2019

Since releasing "Complicated" and her debut album Let Go in 2002, Avril Lavigne has been a household name in music. After establishing hers...

LCD Soundsystem

Electric Lady Sessions

PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2019

A live-in-the-studio album in 2019 seems like just another drip from the firehose of live content the internet has to offer. Got a favourit...

Maggie Rogers' Overnight Success Took Years

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2019

Though she's reticent to go into detail over the phone, there's enough in the lyrics of "Light On," a highlight from Maggie Rogers' major-l...

Taking Back Sunday

Twenty

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2019

Taking Back Sunday were always a fan's band, a pivotal part of Long Island's turn-of-the-millennium punk scene who mostly confused critics....

Maggie Rogers

Heard It in a Past Life

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2019

There's a brief moment in the middle of Maggie Rogers' full-length debut where she brings things to a screeching halt. Up until piano balla...