Hear First: NIIKA’s Close But Not Too Close
By NIIKA | May 13, 2020
Hear First: NIIKA’s Close But Not Too Close
Stream the new album, and read her conversation about it with fellow Chicagoan NNAMDÏ.
Tag: album premiere
Hear First: MAITA’s Best Wishes
By MAITA | May 13, 2020
Hear First: MAITA’s Best Wishes
An album premiere, with an introduction by Kill Rock Stars founder Slim Moon.
Hear First: Deau Eyes’ Let It Leave
By Deau Eyes | May 5, 2020
Hear First: Deau Eyes’ Let It Leave
An album premiere, plus an essay by the artist herself.
Blonder’s Constantine Anastasakis is Driving and Stretching to Keep Calm
By Blonder | April 24, 2020
Blonder’s Constantine Anastasakis is Driving and Stretching to Keep Calm
Oh, and he’s releasing a new EP, which you can hear here first.
Hear First: The Lowest Pair’s The Perfect Plan
By The Lowest Pair | April 21, 2020
By The Lowest Pair | April 21, 2020
Hear First: The Lowest Pair’s The Perfect Plan
An album premiere from the experimental folk duo, plus a convo with their producer Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes).
Hear First: Las Nubes and Palomino Blond’s Split EP
By Las Nubes | March 12, 2020
Hear First: Las Nubes and Palomino Blond’s Split EP
A record premiere, and a conversation between two of Miami’s most promising rock bands.
Hear First: Emily Yacina’s Remember the Silver
By Emily Yacina | December 5, 2019
By Emily Yacina | December 5, 2019
Hear First: Emily Yacina’s Remember the Silver
An album premiere, plus an essay by the artist herself.
Hear First: Pat Irwin & J. Walter Hawkes’s Wide Open Sky
By Pat Irwin & J. Walter Hawkes | November 12, 2019
By Pat Irwin & J. Walter Hawkes | November 12, 2019
Hear First: Pat Irwin & J. Walter Hawkes’s Wide Open Sky
An album premiere, plus an introduction to it written by Cynthia Sley of the Bush Tetras.
Hear First: Ian O’Neil’s Ten Years of It
By Ian O’Neil | October 24, 2019
By Ian O’Neil | October 24, 2019
Hear First: Ian O’Neil’s Ten Years of It
The premiere of a new album, plus a dissection of the history of the "Other Guy" from Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus.
Hear First: Nice Guys’ Nice Guys
By Nice Guys | October 16, 2019
Hear First: Nice Guys’ Nice Guys
The premiere of the band's debut album, plus some words on it from Boston hardcore legend Mr. B.