Half Waif, born Ananda Rose “Nandi” Plunkett, was in third grade when she started her first musical collaboration. It was a girl group with a revolving door of band names like Goddess and Pharaoh ...

Pictoria Vark is the spoonerism alias of the young singer-songwriter Victoria Park, who turned heads with her 2022 debut album The Parts I Dread. She aims even higher on her excellent Nothing Sticks — ...

These underrated indie rock bands from the 2010s are still so good in the 2020s, and I think they deserve more love.

Japanese Breakfast, the indie-rock band led by singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner, is one of many musical projects that has become identified with the “sad girl” archetype. This aesthetic ...