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Divorce Strike Gold In LA Tour Debut
Divorce Strike Gold In LA Tour Debut
By: Josh Kitchen / March 27, 2026Sitting across from Felix Mackenzie-Barrow and Tiger Cohen-Towell of Nottingham band Divorce, you wouldn’t know they had just wrapped an interview with Sir Elton John, who told them their debut record, Drive to Goldenhammer, currently sits as Disc 1 in his five-disc CD player at home.The band is about to play the first Los Angeles show of their career, fresh off support dates with Sam Smith in San Francisco — a city they’re heading right back to in the morning fo
Everything Is Fine On Girl Scout's Debut Album - Brink
Everything Is Fine On Girl Scout's Debut Album - Brink
By: Josh Kitchen / March 20, 2026It’s rare that a debut record sounds like a band already a few albums in, but that’s what Girl Scout’s Brink feels like.Across the record, from the three-piece Swedish act—comprised of Emma Jansson (guitar, vocals), Per Lindberg (drums), and Kevin Hamring (guitar/bass)—there’s a real sense of confidence in how it’s contained, from the way it opens (literally with a track called “Intro”) to the way it closes. It plays best as a full album, not just a collection of
The Scratch Ooze Gold Celtic Sauce On New Album - Pull Like A Dog
The Scratch Ooze Gold Celtic Sauce On New Album - Pull Like A Dog
By: Josh Kitchen / March 13, 2026“So rise up I say but ye can’t! You're as flat as a snake’s bollocks!”It’s the kind of line that perfectly captures The Scratch — cheeky, proudly Irish, and delivered with the kind of self-assurance that only comes from a band fully comfortable in its own skin. The Dublin group sing it on their new album, Pull Like a Dog.Formed in 2016, the band began as buskers on the streets of Perrystown, a suburb of Dublin, before putting out their debut, The Whole Buzz. And
Squeeze Go Back To The Beginning On 'Trixies'
Squeeze Go Back To The Beginning On 'Trixies'
By: Josh Kitchen / March 11, 2026“Trixies was our gold bar that we found in a rubbish tip,” Squeeze founding member Glenn Tilbrook told me, rediscovering his and fellow Squeeze founding member Chris Difford’s first songwriting venture together — the rock opera Trixies. In it, each song tells a different story set in a fictional, but not too distantly recognizable nightclub — one that could exist in any big city, with rainy puddles reflecting neon signs and lights glowing from the buildings above
Everyone's A Reality Star With Surfbort
Everyone's A Reality Star With Surfbort
By: Josh Kitchen / March 5, 2026On their new album, Reality Star — their best one yet — Surfbort want you to have a good time. They also want you to throw fists and middle fingers up to the government. They want you to eat a hot dog. They want you to dance, make out with someone, touch some grass, or even bake a pie.What all these things have in common is the revolutionary ideas behind them. In our current barrage of fascist Trumpian politics, AI slop, and a culture defined by violence and fear,
Ritt Momney: At Home Base
Ritt Momney: At Home Base
By: Josh Kitchen / February 26, 2026Jack Rutter, aka Ritt Momney, hasn’t released new music since 2021’s excellent Sunny Boy — that is, until he surprise-dropped the chill and vibey, “GUNNA” at the end of January this year.The five-year gap isn’t due to not wanting to create, however. Disillusioned by the capitalistic and oppressive demands of the modern record industry, Momney fell out of love with making music. It started to feel more like a job. “The creative process really can’t be compromis
A Twister To Blow Everything Down: Bella Litsa On Her Epic Debut Album - Drasticism
A Twister To Blow Everything Down: Bella Litsa On Her Epic Debut Album - Drasticism
By: Josh Kitchen / February 24, 2026“I’m drastic / I’m magic / You know this / You see it / I move you,” Bella Litsa sings on “My Blue Eyes,” a centerpiece off her aptly titled debut album Drasticism. The track builds slowly, Litsa pondering the mysteries of love, her voice rich and cloaked in a masterful Auto-Tune glow reminiscent of Caroline Polachek. At the midpoint, the song transforms into something else entirely, abruptly erupting into a fuzzy electric surge that whips up everything in its
Meeting Tyler Ballgame For The First Time, Again.
Meeting Tyler Ballgame For The First Time, Again.
By: Josh Kitchen / February 19, 2026“I love you, I love you, I’ve known you forever / Your fire was and always will be / I learned your name but missed its meaning / When I didn’t know how to feel / Can’t wait to meet you for the first time again,” Rhode Island–born singer-songwriter Tyler Ballgame croons on the title track that opens his debut album of the same name, For the First Time, Again. It’s a tender ballad that gives the listener the first taste of Ballgame’s most impressive instrument:
Meat Cute With Dev Lemons & Abby Kenna
Meat Cute With Dev Lemons & Abby Kenna
By: Josh Kitchen with camera assistance from: Giselle Libby / February 10, 2025 I’m sitting across from absurdist singer-songwriter Dev Lemons in one of the newest smash burger restaurants in Los Angeles — the futuristic, alien UFO–styled Burger 3000. Lemons is wearing a meat suit and meat beret — literally a full-body costume resembling a human muscular system, her eyes and mouth only visible through cut holes in the face. Sitting next to her is Abby Kenna, a fellow singer-songwriter who is ope
Shintaro Sakamoto Says Yoo-Hoo To You
Shintaro Sakamoto Says Yoo-Hoo To You
By: Josh Kitchen / February 3, 2026Anyone who has followed Shintaro Sakamoto’s career over the years knows that when he releases new music, they’re in for a truly inventive and exploratory sonic listening experience. From his early days in the highly influential psych-rock band Yura Yura Teikoku, to his solo work, which began in 2011, Sakamoto’s whimsical style and philosophical curiosities make his music all the more rich and infectious. And while he sings exclusively in his native Japanese, Sa
May God Bless You, and May Your Bones Bleach in The Sand: Searows On Their Epic New Album, Death in The Business of Whaling
May God Bless You, and May Your Bones Bleach in The Sand: Searows On Their Epic New Album, Death in The Business of Whaling
By: Josh Kitchen / February 2, 2026On Death in the Business of Whaling, the sophomore album from Searows’ Alec Duckart, the insular, muted bedroom-pop intimacy that defined his excellent debut Guard Dog is cast far deeper—dragged into the darkest depths of the sea and sealed away in Davy Jones’ locker.In those reaches, Duckart has created a record that feels simultaneously grand and intimate, epic and poetic, drenched in gothic nautical imagery. Across nine songs and 42 minutes, Duckart finds so
Bruce Springsteen Spits Righteous Anger On Anti-Ice Song "Streets of Minneapolis"
Bruce Springsteen Spits Righteous Anger On Anti-Ice Song "Streets of Minneapolis"
By: Josh Kitchen / January 29, 2025“Songs don’t come that often,” Bruce Springsteen said in 2024, talking about the last time he’d written new material. “I’ve gone two years without writing anything.” This was during promo for his latest documentary, Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, a film about the band’s first outing together in seven years—their longest break since Springsteen disbanded them in 1988.Springsteen’s last album with the E Street Band, 2020’s Letter to You, featu
Remembering Brian Wilson | Setlist Kitchen
Remembering Brian Wilson | Setlist Kitchen
Setlist Kitchen's Best Albums of 2025
Setlist Kitchen's Best Albums of 2025
All Write-Ups by Josh Kitchen, except where noted By: Melina Aguilar, Danielle McDuffie, Deepa Mahadevan, Stephen Irvine, and Ricardo Avendaño Vera1. Ken Pomeroy - Cruel JokeIt’s all in the storytelling. Ken Pomeroy comes from a long line of storytellers—her great-grandmother (her Mamaw) imbuing in her the traditions of her Cherokee lineage and giving her the name “Little Wolf with Yellow Hair (ᎤᏍᏗ ᏀᏯ ᏓᎶᏂᎨ ᎤᏍᏗᎦ).” That foundation helped shape Pomeroy’s outlook and how she sees herself in the wor
DREAM BIG: Weyes Blood In 2025
DREAM BIG: Weyes Blood In 2025
THE SHREDLIST: Best Guitar Solos of 2025
THE SHREDLIST: Best Guitar Solos of 2025
The Joy Is the Point: Why The World Needs SNACKTIME
The Joy Is the Point: Why The World Needs SNACKTIME
Breathing In the Air on Magic Mountain: With Hannah Cohen
Breathing In the Air on Magic Mountain: With Hannah Cohen
By: Josh Kitchen / December 18, 2025Hannah Cohen is sitting in her Catskills mountain cabin, furnished with rustic stonework and warm wood ceilings. She’s in a cozy knit sweater, her pup Jan—short for Janis Joplin—snoozing just off to her left. Outside, the property is covered in a blanket of snow, pine and hemlock poking through a wintry dreamscape. The air is crisp and pure.This is the world where Cohen wrote and recorded her first album in over five years, Earthstar Mountain. Named after one
Coyote With Innocent Eyes: Ken Pomeroy Between Arrival and Becoming
Coyote With Innocent Eyes: Ken Pomeroy Between Arrival and Becoming
By: Josh Kitchen / December 16, 2025Listening to Ken Pomeroy talk about her own work, you’re struck by her humility. She’s 23, but her music has already appeared on two major television shows — including one she also acts in alongside Ethan Hawke — she’s performed with legends like Wanda Jackson, John Craigie, and Iron & Wine, and she even sang and appeared in one of the biggest films of 2024, Twisters. Her sophomore album, Cruel Joke, released in May, earned near-universal acclaim and attention
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By: Josh Kitchen / December 12, 2025On Weakened Friends’ first album in four years, collaboration is key. After two records of lead vocals and most of the songwriting handled by Sonia Sturino, on Feels Like Hell , bandmate and wife Annie Hoffman steps fully into the songwriting fold. And like any good marriage, communication and compromise make all the difference. Feels Like Hell is a record that Sonia says is “unequivocally the best thing this band has ever done.” Reader—Sonia is correct.On Fee
40 Reliquias: The Best Songs of 2025
40 Reliquias: The Best Songs of 2025
It's a Skuzland After All
It's a Skuzland After All
Kirsten Izer On Her New Single, "Anyone But Me"
Kirsten Izer On Her New Single, "Anyone But Me"
Give Thanks: Sessa Returns With the Lush Pequena Vertigem de Amor
Give Thanks: Sessa Returns With the Lush Pequena Vertigem de Amor
Still Blank's Self-Titled Debut Album Is Just Quite Right
Still Blank's Self-Titled Debut Album Is Just Quite Right
Diana Silvers Talks Her Debut Album, From Another Room
Diana Silvers Talks Her Debut Album, From Another Room
It's Kind of A Cosmic Gumbo: Frankie Cosmos Dish On Their New Album - Different Talking
It's Kind of A Cosmic Gumbo: Frankie Cosmos Dish On Their New Album - Different Talking
Hirons On Her Debut EP Future Perfect
Hirons On Her Debut EP Future Perfect
Janine On Finding Paradise in Pain
Janine On Finding Paradise in Pain
Ripples & Paper Moons: Eleni Drake
Ripples & Paper Moons: Eleni Drake
It's Time To Get Feral In The Grass: Super Hit Talks New Album Menacing Earthworks
It's Time To Get Feral In The Grass: Super Hit Talks New Album Menacing Earthworks
You Can't Keep A Good Zombie Down
You Can't Keep A Good Zombie Down
Hannah Jadagu Hopes You Get All Her Time
Hannah Jadagu Hopes You Get All Her Time
Lindsay Ell Still Believes In Magic
Lindsay Ell Still Believes In Magic
JULESY Is Ready To Flip The Bed
JULESY Is Ready To Flip The Bed
Seriously, She's Fine. Ariana And The Rose Talks Breakups, Bad Dates, And The Comedy In Dating
Seriously, She's Fine. Ariana And The Rose Talks Breakups, Bad Dates, And The Comedy In Dating
Dave Alvin: Blaster, Guilty Man, & King of California
Dave Alvin: Blaster, Guilty Man, & King of California
Creativity Is Stronger Than Destruction
Creativity Is Stronger Than Destruction
Had to Come Here to Go There: Tei Shi Reaches New Heights
Had to Come Here to Go There: Tei Shi Reaches New Heights
Willin’: Lauren Lovelle Brings a Breath of Fresh Air to Country Music
Willin’: Lauren Lovelle Brings a Breath of Fresh Air to Country Music
Skipping Around & Playin' Dumb: Tchotchke Return With An Instant Classic
Skipping Around & Playin' Dumb: Tchotchke Return With An Instant Classic
Kiss And Tell With garbagebarbie
Kiss And Tell With garbagebarbie
Japanese Breakfast Find The Bliss In Melancholy At The Santa Barbara Bowl
Japanese Breakfast Find The Bliss In Melancholy At The Santa Barbara Bowl
Purity Ring Drop Breezy New Single: “imanocean”
Purity Ring Drop Breezy New Single: “imanocean”
All in a Jobber’s Day’s Work: Booked to Lose, Built to Last
All in a Jobber’s Day’s Work: Booked to Lose, Built to Last
Escapism in Overdrive: Nova May’s Neon Manifesto
Escapism in Overdrive: Nova May’s Neon Manifesto
On the Shoulders of Giants: Dagger Polyester Emerges
On the Shoulders of Giants: Dagger Polyester Emerges
Kennedy Shaw Is Pulling Out of Here To Win
Kennedy Shaw Is Pulling Out of Here To Win
Tchotchke Return With Beach Boys Inspired New Single "Poor Girl"
Tchotchke Return With Beach Boys Inspired New Single "Poor Girl"
All 83 Songs on Bruce Springsteen's Tracks II: The Lost Albums - Ranked
All 83 Songs on Bruce Springsteen's Tracks II: The Lost Albums - Ranked
Blu DeTiger on Brian Wilson, Carol Kaye, and Why Geniuses Play Bass
Blu DeTiger on Brian Wilson, Carol Kaye, and Why Geniuses Play Bass
Donate to Support Matthew Sweet's Long Term Stroke Recovery, organized by Catherine Lyons for Matthew Sweet
Donate to Support Matthew Sweet's Long Term Stroke Recovery, organized by Catherine Lyons for Matthew Sweet
Sail On, Sailor - Matthew Sweet Remembers Brian Wilson
Sail On, Sailor - Matthew Sweet Remembers Brian Wilson
Sad As A Guy Can Be – Storefront Church Reflects on Brian Wilson
Sad As A Guy Can Be – Storefront Church Reflects on Brian Wilson
Sloppy Jane’s Haley Dahl on The Beach Boys Album That Rewired Her Brain
Sloppy Jane’s Haley Dahl on The Beach Boys Album That Rewired Her Brain
AV Club Talks Dreading And Shredding Ahead Of Her Stellar Debut Single
AV Club Talks Dreading And Shredding Ahead Of Her Stellar Debut Single
Jack Ladder Searches for A Feeling In Great New Track, "Missing"
Jack Ladder Searches for A Feeling In Great New Track, "Missing"
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Dani Miller Wants The Whole Damn Cake
Dani Miller Wants The Whole Damn Cake
Bob Dylan's Eight Best and Four Worst Songs for His 84th Birthday
Bob Dylan's Eight Best and Four Worst Songs for His 84th Birthday
Be Glad! Sparks’ New Record, MAD!, Is a Triumph
Be Glad! Sparks’ New Record, MAD!, Is a Triumph
Strawberry Fuzz Are Sort Of Like A Cosmic Gumbo
Strawberry Fuzz Are Sort Of Like A Cosmic Gumbo
Every Black Cloud Needs to Cry: A Conversation with Sunday (1994)
Every Black Cloud Needs to Cry: A Conversation with Sunday (1994)
Really Good Vibrations: Inside Brian Wilson's Smile with David Leaf
Really Good Vibrations: Inside Brian Wilson's Smile with David Leaf
Music, Dreams, And Second Chances With Robert Lester Folsom
Music, Dreams, And Second Chances With Robert Lester Folsom
It Sure Seems Like Bruce Springsteen Is Finally Releasing Tracks 2
It Sure Seems Like Bruce Springsteen Is Finally Releasing Tracks 2
Slaughterhouse: California Takeover
Slaughterhouse: California Takeover
Somewhere Green With Abby Kenna
Somewhere Green With Abby Kenna
Carriers Drop Soaring New Single "Motion"
Carriers Drop Soaring New Single "Motion"
Young Girl With Fire: Weyes Blood Covers Neil Diamond's "Shilo"
Young Girl With Fire: Weyes Blood Covers Neil Diamond's "Shilo"
The 25 Best Tracks of the First 25% of Our Hell Year 2025
The 25 Best Tracks of the First 25% of Our Hell Year 2025
Niis Drop NIIS WORLD Announcement and Deliver Blistering New Track 'Low Life'
Niis Drop NIIS WORLD Announcement and Deliver Blistering New Track 'Low Life'
Dennis Wilson: Love Surrounds Me
Dennis Wilson: Love Surrounds Me
We’re Here for You – Los Angeles Fire Resources « Music Forward Foundation
We’re Here for You – Los Angeles Fire Resources « Music Forward Foundation
Ella Rosa's STIMULATED Gothic Romance
Ella Rosa's STIMULATED Gothic Romance
The 20 Best Albums of 2024
The 20 Best Albums of 2024
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Being Great In Your Own Backyard with Chris Lambert
Moving In Circles With Alex Kolo
Moving In Circles With Alex Kolo
Setlist Kitchen: Songs to Know in November 2024
Setlist Kitchen: Songs to Know in November 2024
We Are Not Alone With Katrina Ford
We Are Not Alone With Katrina Ford
There Will Be Ink & Oil : A Conversation With Storefront Church
There Will Be Ink & Oil : A Conversation With Storefront Church
A Long Time Coming With Cam Jacob
A Long Time Coming With Cam Jacob
It Was A Pleasure Meeting Rex Detiger on Zoom on June 29, 2024 At 12:00PM EST
It Was A Pleasure Meeting Rex Detiger on Zoom on June 29, 2024 At 12:00PM EST
Hinds Get Back Up at The Paramount In Los Angeles
Hinds Get Back Up at The Paramount In Los Angeles
A Simple Man: Jimmy Carter 100
A Simple Man: Jimmy Carter 100
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A Simple Man: President Jimmy Carter Turns 100
Sunday (1994) Play Their Live Debut At the Echo in Los Angeles
Sunday (1994) Play Their Live Debut At the Echo in Los Angeles
August Up and Coming Artists
August Up and Coming Artists
The Sounds of Metal with meg elsier
The Sounds of Metal with meg elsier
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The Marginalia Of Trust With Cola
The Marginalia Of Trust With Cola
June 2024 Songs to Know Playlist
June 2024 Songs to Know Playlist
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June Up And Coming Artists Playlist
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Top 30 Songs of 2024 (So Far)
Matthew Sweet Hates Going Out. But He Doesn't Feel Bad About it Anymore.
Matthew Sweet Hates Going Out. But He Doesn't Feel Bad About it Anymore.
alright (okay) Are More Than Just Alright, Okay?
alright (okay) Are More Than Just Alright, Okay?
Bully Plays The Echo
Bully Plays The Echo
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Donny Benét Brings His Infinite Desires to The Regent
Girl and Girl Make Their La La Land Debut
Girl and Girl Make Their La La Land Debut
Jack Ladder Is Thinking About The Past While He Shakes His Ass
Jack Ladder Is Thinking About The Past While He Shakes His Ass
Sloppy Jane Releases Stellar "Claw Machine" From A24's I Saw The TV Glow
Sloppy Jane Releases Stellar "Claw Machine" From A24's I Saw The TV Glow
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Caroline Romano Is Your Next Favorite Pop Star
I Saw Rock And Roll Future And Its Name Is Grace Cummings
I Saw Rock And Roll Future And Its Name Is Grace Cummings
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: MAY 2024 SONGS TO KNOW
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: MAY 2024 SONGS TO KNOW
Mannequin Pussy Stun At Sold Out Show At The Fonda
Mannequin Pussy Stun At Sold Out Show At The Fonda
Who Cares About "Who Cares About The Rock Hall?"
Who Cares About "Who Cares About The Rock Hall?"
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SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: APRIL 2024 SONGS TO KNOW
Weyes Blood Releases Music Video For Titanic Rising's Andromeda
Weyes Blood Releases Music Video For Titanic Rising's Andromeda
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Over and Over It Goes WIth The Tubs
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Watching Movies Every Day With Ambar Navarro
Natalie Shay is Doing Well
Natalie Shay is Doing Well
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Single Review: Wild God by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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Song Review: He Loves Me Yeah! by Faye Webster
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Night Terrors With The Dream Eaters - Interview
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Sunday (1994) - Interview
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Top 20 Bruce Springsteen Songs 2004-2024
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SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: MARCH 2024 SONGS TO KNOW
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ALBUM REVIEW: The Last Dinner Party : Prelude to Ecstasy
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SINGLE REVIEW: Broken Man by St. Vincent
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SINGLE REVIEW: Common Man - Grace Cummings
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