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Angelenah smiles broadly with her eyes nearly closed, wearing an oversize white button-down shirt and big gold hoop earrings

Rapper-singer Angelenah makes her R&B debut with I Don’t Regret a Thing

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 11, 2022October 12, 2022

Gossip Wolf has been hip to Chicago rapper and singer Angelenah, aka Ashley Hart and Angel Davanport, ever since she released the 2018 EP Sore but Grateful. She’s been sharpening her skills in the years since, and last week she dropped I Don’t Regret a Thing, which showcases her flamboyant singing across six luscious R&B […]

Matt Clark of Otherpeace reclining on a beach in sunglasses, striped shirt, and hat

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Otherpeace kicks off a Hideout residency to support a restorative, rootsy debut album

by Leor Galil March 17, 2022March 15, 2022

In the early months of the pandemic, Wandering Boys banjo player Rob Jensen reached out to Matt Clark (of slowcore trio Pinebender and drone duo White/Light) with an invitation to jam. The music they made together planted the seeds for Clark’s new solo endeavor, Otherpeace, a loose group where he’s backed by Jensen (drums), Pinebender […]

Synth-pop singer-songwriter Meredith Johnston, aka Warm Human

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Synth-pop songwriter Warm Human shines even on odds and ends

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil February 7, 2022February 7, 2022

Gossip Wolf first took a shine to the synth-pop jams of Meredith Johnston, aka Warm Human, when she dropped her standout debut full-length, Ghastly, in 2019. Over the past few years, Johnston has proved impressively prolific, releasing a string of radio-worthy singles and album-length projects whose tone ping-pongs all over the place—she mixes up misty […]

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Twenty-four points of view on the band Joan of Arc

by Leor Galil January 27, 2021August 18, 2021

Tim Kinsella lets everyone else tell the story of Joan of Arc—entirely in keeping with his long-running group’s embrace of illogic and reinvention.

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Disappears, White/Light, and Steve Shelley drop a collaboration recorded 11 years ago

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil April 21, 2020August 18, 2021

Disappears, White/Light, and Steve Shelley drop a collaboration recorded 11 years ago, two-thirds of Weatherman share their first music since moving to a medieval French village, and more.

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Sophie Brochu brings new grandeur to Fauvely’s intimate dream pop

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil May 14, 2019August 18, 2021

Sophie Brochu brings new grandeur to Fauvely’s intimate dream pop, Leisure Records drops a dose of Italian disco, and more.

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Slowcore veterans Pinebender resurrect their original lineup

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil September 18, 2018October 11, 2022

Slowcore veterans Pinebender resurrect their original lineup, underground rapper Freako celebrates a new mixtape with a jam-packed art show, and more.