The art of creating music for queer folk-pop duo Tender Creature has seen some shifting and changing since the days of quarantine set in. Luckily for the pair, they are leaning into the uncertainties of what the future holds and providing a safe space for the emotions that arise during these hardships. READ MORE…
Listen to this week’s State of the Art Spotify playlist featuring:
Misty Boyce – charades
Girlpool, Porches – Like I’m Winning It
Lazerbeak – River Wide (Doomtree Records)
Badge Epoque Ensemble, U.S. Girls, Dorothea Paas – Sing a Silent Gospel
This Way to the EGRESS – City Lights
8 Inch Betsy – So Dark (Baby Robot Records)
Osees, Thee Oh Sees – If I Had My Way
Oginalii – Pillars
Jet Trash – Summer Moon (Position Music)
The Arthur Brothers – Sun Gun
Mega Ran, Del The Funky Homosapien – Proto Culture V2.0
Gold Celeste – Common Ground
Drab Majesty – No Rain
Tropical Fuck Storm – This Perfect Day
Dope Body – Hermit King
Scout Durwood – Sky Dancer (Blue Elan Records)
The Knitts – Wrong from Right
waveform*- Mean
Zoon – Vibrant Colours
Blue Ray – Downtown
Lohmelda – Wonder
Apollo Brown, Che Noir – As God Intended
Sharptooth -Say Nothing (In The Absence Of Content)
PALLBEARER – Forgotten Days
Undeath – Leisons of a Different Kind
Steve Von Till – Indifferent Eyes
Foretoken – The Retribution
Enslaved – Jettegryta
HURAÑA – MI GGENERACIÓN
Lianne La Havas – Weird Fishes (Radiohead cover)
Jay Worthy , Harry Fraud – Can’t Be Stopped
backxwash – Don’t Come to the Woods (Don’t Do It, Neil Remix)
Sault – Stop Dem
Illa Ghee- Ladder 99
Cave Sunrise – Alone
The Knees- Itch
Sinead O’brien- Strangers in Danger
Arlo Parks – Hurt
Activity- Calls Your Name
No Joy – Four
Damaged Bug – I Tried
PAINT – Ta Fardah
Land of Talk – Footnotes
KeiyaA- I! Gits! Weary!
Death Bells – Heavenly Bodies
Mina Tindle – Give a Little Love (feat. Sufjan Stevens)
Soak- I’m Alive
Jyoti – Mama, You Can Bet!
Lonnie Holley- Like Hell Broke Away
Flo Milli- Beef Flomix
Shniece McMenamin, Prince Fatty- Funkin for Jamaica
Ziemba- True Romantic
Billy Nomates- No
D Tiberio- Jeffy Just Needs A Hug
Jim-e Stack – Sweet Summer Sweat (feat. Dijon)
Elvis Perkins- See Through
Burna Boy- Wonderful
Alexis Marshall- Nature in Three Movements
The Cribs – Running Into You
“It wasn’t too far in the past that a shutdown of live music would’ve killed everything,” says Seibert. “We are fearful but hopeful, and we ain’t got a choice outside of moving forward or staying put. We’re moving forward and I guess we’ll count the cost later–God willing and the creek don’t rise.”
2020 has been … a year. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the world to navigate a new normal, an economic crisis piggybacking on the global health emergency. At the same time, we’re in the midst of a new civil rights era, a reckoning with systemic racism and an uprising against police violence. READ MORE…
Doris Day of Iowa’s Best Country KIX 101.1 recently spoke with Craig Gerdes about his new album, Tough As Nails, his weekly Facebook live performances, and his tight-knit community of fans.
“If you like the sounds of Waylon Jennings, Cody Jinks and Jamey Johnson,” Doris says, “check out Craig’s tunes!”
You can listen to the full radio interview here…
