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 […]
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Synth-pop songwriter Warm Human shines even on odds and ends
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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Disappears, White/Light, and Steve Shelley drop a collaboration recorded 11 years ago
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
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
Slowcore veterans Pinebender resurrect their original lineup, underground rapper Freako celebrates a new mixtape with a jam-packed art show, and more.
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Gossip Wolf: Remembering musician Stephanie Morris at the Hideout
Friends and colleages remember musician Stephanie Morris at the Hideout, White/Light scores a new sci-fi short film, and more.
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Best Gothic Prog-Rock Duo
A tenebrous, synth-heavy mix of early industrial music, Suicide-style protopunk, and avant-garde electronic compositions
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Best shows to see: TV Ghost, Pink Avalanche
The best shows to see through Wednesday night include TV Ghost and Pink Avalanche.
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Gossip Wolf: One-man pizza party ShowYouSuck celebrates his debut EP
An untamed benefit show for the Rebuilding Exchange, and more
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In Rotation: Matt Clark of White/Light on Nile Rodgers’s winterized boats
Current musical obsessions of White/Light’s Matt Clark and the Mayfair Workshop’s Mark Greenberg
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Gossip Wolf: People-watching at Pitchfork
Gossip Wolf: People-watching at Pitchfork, new material from Pezband, and a farewell to Cross Record.
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 3/26: Mad Men, Mad World, Projecttile Reading Series, and Kim Gordon at MCA
What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Tuesday, March 26, 2013
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Gossip Wolf: A flood of new tapes from Teen River
New tapes from Teen River, news from superduo Acteurs (Disappears, White/Light), and more.
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A Duran Duran-loving metalhead, a debut album almost 20 years in the making, and more on the B Side
A long-in-the-making jazz career, experimental music at the MCA, obscure radio-friendly rock, and more
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Gossip Wolf: White/Light has something to show you
White/Light’s Face the Strange concerts return to the MCA, and more