Articles by Laura Stanley

Bedouine

Bird Songs of a Killjoy

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2019

Listening to Bedouine feels like riding a bike down an empty street on a warm evening. L.A.-based singer-songwriter Azniv Korkejian makes p...

Calexico / Iron & Wine

Years to Burn

PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2019

Almost 15 years after hushed folk singer Iron & Wine (Sam Beam) teamed up with the Latin-infused country group Calexico on the beguiling EP...

Jenn Grant

Love, Inevitable

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2019

What does it feel like to be floating in the abyss of uncertainty? On her seventh record, Love, Inevitable, Jenn Grant suggests that living...

Jenn Grant Confronted Uncertainty, Found 'Love, Inevitable' on Her New Album

PUBLISHED May 28, 2019

In the ebullient chorus of "Raven," the opening track of Jenn Grant's new album Love, Inevitable, Grant brightly makes a confession that's...

Misha Bower

Trying to Have It All

PUBLISHED May 21, 2019

On her debut solo album, London, ON-based artist Misha Bower — co-founder of the sprawling experimental rock band Bruce Peninsula — is a st...

Heather Woods Broderick

Invitation

PUBLISHED May 6, 2019

Heather Woods Broderick devised her third album, Invitation, on the Oregon coast. Even if you skipped this fact when reading the album's li...

Aldous Harding

Designer

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2019

Aldous Harding's abstract songwriting left listeners of her past two records confused yet enchanted, and the experience remains for her thi...

Aldous Harding's 'Designer' Dances on "Different Feet"

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2019

Aldous (Hannah) Harding is happy that her music makes people feel uncertain. The New Zealand-born singer-songwriter recalls a special momen...