Asher White: The Best of What's Next

From the beginning of the year, I started seeing Asher White’s name pop up seemingly everywhere. She was on every cool band’s bill, from a night of Godcaster’s residency at Night Club 101 to opening for Black Country, New Road. She signed to Joyful Noise, put out one of the best songs of the summer with “Kratom Headache Girls Night,” and shared her new album, 8 Tips for Full Catastrophe Living, having already finished the next one. But White never expected to receive this much attention, much less have 8 Tips be her most anticipated album yet.

Lifeguard: The Best of What’s Next

Lifeguard’s story sounds straight out of a coming-of-age film. Before graduating high school, the trio got signed to storied indie label Matador, following word-of-mouth success in their local Chicago scene. Thriving from a young age isn’t that surprising anymore. Artists like Billie Eilish, Yung Lean, Justin Bieber, and beabadoobee reached fame by sharing music online before turning 18. But Lifeguard stands out as something special, with an approach to their artistry so advanced and throughout that you’d think they’ve been around for over a decade.

Water From Your Eyes Are Crushing It

Looking back at Water From Your Eyes' 2023, it's a better question to ask what the duo, composed of vocalist Rachel Brown and instrumentalist Nate Amos, hasn't done this year. The Brooklyn-based band released Everyone's Crushed, their first album under storied indie label Matador, enlisted their contemporaries like The Dare and Nourished By Time for remix album Crushed By Everyone, played over 100 shows around the globe — including tours with renowned labelmates Pavement, Interpol and Spoon and put on one of the most raved-about album release shows in New York City.

Weyes Blood strives to find hope in the darkness

When Natalie Mering, who performs under the moniker Weyes Blood, set out to follow up her critically acclaimed album Titanic Rising, she wanted to make something that was “really upbeat and hopeful; not so doomsday.” The 2019 record delved into the perils of climate change, the disillusionment with how technology rules over romance and the struggle to find hope during challenging times.

But the arrival of the pandemic changed Mering’s focus. While Titanic Rising felt like a warning of what could be ahead, Mering’s new album, And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow (out now on Sub Pop), tackles what happens when our world crumbles and society has to rebuild itself.

Whitmer Thomas looks back at his turbulent adolescence on 'The Older I Get The Funnier I Was'

While Songs from The Golden One touched on Thomas' fraught relationship with his previously absentee father Whit Thomas Sr. ("Dancing with My Dad"), his mother's death ("Partied To Death") and his struggle with depression ("Hurts To Be Alive"), The Older I Get has Thomas examining why he feels so nostalgic for his adolescent years while also grappling with the trauma from his turbulent familial life. It also features contributions from Menne, Christian Lee Hutson and Phoebe Bridgers' guitarist Harrison Whitford.

Miya Folick on collaborating with Mitski, reflecting on the past and her new EP 2007

Miya Folick is seemingly everywhere. Following the release of her debut album Premonitions in 2018, The LA-based singer-songwriter shared one-off single "Malibu Barbie" in 2019, recorded a stunning cover of Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You" with American Football, covered Death Cab For Cutie's "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" for Hulu's Looking For Alaska miniseries and was featured in Petey's song "Haircut." But with her new EP 2007, Folick is ready to reintroduce herself.

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Rebecca Black is ready to re-introduce herself

It’s been a decade since Rebecca Black became an instant viral meme at just 13 years old with her video for “Friday.” After teasing a new era of her music in 2020 with singles like “Self Sabotage/Closer” and her collaboration with Dorian Electra, “Edgelord,” Black released Rebecca Black Was Here this past June. It’s a collection of tracks unlike anything the singer had released before, exploring hyperpop territory, among other genres.
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