Raffaela Weyman, better known as the independent pop machine Ralph, described the scenery as she drove from Austin to Houston en route to the final show of her American tour. “A lot of pro-life posters...

Though he shares a name with his hometown, Siegs Corner, Cohen Sieg’s sights are set far beyond the fields of rural Manitoba. Sieg described himself as “a young singer-songwriter who writes music that really anyone...

As drummer Justin Tessier tells it, his band is only just beginning to find its sound. Since independently releasing a series of EPs and a debut album — 2015’s Black Holes — the Blue Stones...

There are few joys more nourishing than finding music that embraces you with sadness rather than letting you wallow — music that is rich with life and melody and imbued with a sorrow that...

How one understands Plain as Ghosts will depend largely on how they contextualize its brand of thunderously precise rock. If well versed in the unfortunate mid-2000s reign of Theory of a Deadman or Hinder,...

Justin Benlolo remembers his first song clearly. Instead of it being about teen angst or first love, it was about summer camp. “I used to do sleepover camps when I was younger, so I would...

There is a formula to what Andy Shauf does. His music is detailed and incisive, lighter than air, filled with a sprightly mix of guitar, piano and his signature reedy horns and woodwinds played...