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Foxygen
…And Star Power

Albums
Followers of the band Foxygen may be familiar with the antics of frontmen Sam France and Jonathan Rado. Last year, their shenanigans culminated in a broken leg for France while on tour in Minneapolis, along wit...

Perfume Genius: “Grid”

Songs
Imagine the songs of Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius, as pretty, translucent pearls, each encasing a muted glow. They are jelly orbs embedded in shells that lie at the bottom of a very melancholy sea. Now see ...

Foxygen: “How Can You Really”

Songs
“How Can You Really” marks the first of what will likely be many singles off Foxygen’s upcoming album, ...And Star Power, which contains a whopping 24 tracks. As a follow-up to their 2013 album, We Are the 21st...

Sia: “Chandelier”

Songs
Sia figured out how to shake up the perfect cocktail of a pop song — take one part “party,” one part “decadence,” and one part “Gatsby-esque disillusion from too much party and decadence,” and you’ve got yourse...

The Coasts: “I Just Wanna Be a Star”

Songs
We’d like to welcome The Coasts to the sea of beachy-named bands (looking at you Best Coast, Wavves, etc.).  Before you go assuming that they’re another Californian, Pitchfork-endorsed band, think again. The Co...

The Antlers: “Palace”

Songs
Imagine a postcard exposed to various iterations of rain and sun on its way to your mailbox. Its weathered edges stir up and muddle within you feelings of wanderlust and jealousy for the sender. The Antlers pre...

St. Vincent: “Birth in Reverse”

Songs
When a star is born, it expands in size because individual hydrogen atoms can't help but fall to the center of the star's cloud with increasing speed and energy. This rapid increase in energy makes the star gro...

Q&A with
Caroline Smith

Interviews, Madison
If you make the wise decision of going to Caroline Smith's concert at the High Noon Saloon this Wednesday night, know that you'll be witnessing an R&B crooning soul-butterfly recently emerged from a folk-fi...