For Adrianne Lenker, love is meant to be a familial undertaking: she’s less interested in its early volatility, the thrills and frills, fantastical projections. She stated it clearly on “Anything,” a track from her 2020 album Songs, when she sang, “I don’t wanna be the owner of your fantasy/I just wanna be a part of your family.” For nearly everyone, our first experience of intimacy and love comes from our family units –“We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory,” poet Louise Glück wrote...
- 3/25/2024
- by Leah Lu
- Rollingstone.com
Adrianne Lenker appeared on The Tonight Show to perform her emotional single, “Free Treasure.” The Big Thief frontwoman took the stage with a guitar and an accompanying musician to showcase the track, which Lenker recently called “one of my all-time favorite songs.”
“Free Treasure” comes off Lenker’s upcoming solo album Bright Future, out March 22. The musician wrote of the single, “I hope we all can know love like this one. Full of ‘understanding, patience and pleasure, time and attention and love without measure.’” It followed previously released tracks “Fool,...
“Free Treasure” comes off Lenker’s upcoming solo album Bright Future, out March 22. The musician wrote of the single, “I hope we all can know love like this one. Full of ‘understanding, patience and pleasure, time and attention and love without measure.’” It followed previously released tracks “Fool,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Love is a free treasure — and it feels even more special when Adrianne Lenker reminds you of it.
On Monday, the Big Thief frontwoman released her single “Free Treasure” ahead of her upcoming solo album Bright Future, out March 22.
“Free Treasure is one of my all-time favorite songs,” Lenker wrote on Instagram. “I was playing it on a stoop for my good friend @james_krivchenia, singing the last chorus when he chimed the words ‘free treasure.'”
“I hope we all can know love like this one,” she added, “Full of ‘understanding,...
On Monday, the Big Thief frontwoman released her single “Free Treasure” ahead of her upcoming solo album Bright Future, out March 22.
“Free Treasure is one of my all-time favorite songs,” Lenker wrote on Instagram. “I was playing it on a stoop for my good friend @james_krivchenia, singing the last chorus when he chimed the words ‘free treasure.'”
“I hope we all can know love like this one,” she added, “Full of ‘understanding,...
- 3/18/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Adrianne Lenker has unveiled “Fool,” the latest single from her forthcoming solo album, Bright Future.
Guided by a muted acoustic guitar line, “Fool” lets Lenker’s wandering verses shine in their purest form. Describing a relationship at a standstill, she arrives at the chorus by requesting “Oh, just say what it is that you want,” and later concludes the track with the decisive “What more can I possibly say? / So if you wanna go I say baby okay, okay.” Throughout, light flourishes of strings pop in and out of Lenker’s homespun arrangement, including moments where you can practically hear Lenker smiling on the mic as she records.
“Fool” also arrives with a similarly homespun music video directed by her brother, Noah Lenker. The video features Lenker fashioned as a winter cowboy warrior with her family and dogs frolicking around her. Watch it below.
The third single off of Bright Future,...
Guided by a muted acoustic guitar line, “Fool” lets Lenker’s wandering verses shine in their purest form. Describing a relationship at a standstill, she arrives at the chorus by requesting “Oh, just say what it is that you want,” and later concludes the track with the decisive “What more can I possibly say? / So if you wanna go I say baby okay, okay.” Throughout, light flourishes of strings pop in and out of Lenker’s homespun arrangement, including moments where you can practically hear Lenker smiling on the mic as she records.
“Fool” also arrives with a similarly homespun music video directed by her brother, Noah Lenker. The video features Lenker fashioned as a winter cowboy warrior with her family and dogs frolicking around her. Watch it below.
The third single off of Bright Future,...
- 2/20/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
If you felt a bit shattered by Adrianne Lenker’s “Ruined,” you might not want to click play on her new single below. “Sadness As a Gift” is off her upcoming album Bright Future, out March 22 via 4Ad.
The track is raw and intimate, featuring Lenker’s voice alongside a cozy violin. “Leaning on the windowsill/You could write me someday and I bet you will,” she sings. “We could see the sadness as a gift and still.”
Bright Future, produced by Lenker’s frequent collaborator Philip Weinrobe, was recorded with Nick Hakim,...
The track is raw and intimate, featuring Lenker’s voice alongside a cozy violin. “Leaning on the windowsill/You could write me someday and I bet you will,” she sings. “We could see the sadness as a gift and still.”
Bright Future, produced by Lenker’s frequent collaborator Philip Weinrobe, was recorded with Nick Hakim,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Adrianne Lenker has announced her fourth studio album, Bright Future, out March 22nd via 4Ad. Along with the announcement, the Big Thief member has shared the single “Sadness As a Gift.”
Bright Future will be Lenker’s first album since 2020’s dual albums, Songs and Instrumentals, and was co-produced by longtime collaborator Philip Weinrobe. Embracing the unique blend of lo-fi acoustic and alternative that Lenker has become a master of, the album prominently features contributions from Nick Hakim, Mat Davidson, and Josefin Runsteen, all of whom were integral to the album’s sound, according to Lenker.
“I think the thing these people have in common [is that] they are some of the best listeners I know musically,” Lenker said in a statement, reflecting on the live-in-the-room recording process the musicians employed. “They have extreme presence… It felt like everyone’s nervous systems released. Once we were In the song, somehow we just knew.
Bright Future will be Lenker’s first album since 2020’s dual albums, Songs and Instrumentals, and was co-produced by longtime collaborator Philip Weinrobe. Embracing the unique blend of lo-fi acoustic and alternative that Lenker has become a master of, the album prominently features contributions from Nick Hakim, Mat Davidson, and Josefin Runsteen, all of whom were integral to the album’s sound, according to Lenker.
“I think the thing these people have in common [is that] they are some of the best listeners I know musically,” Lenker said in a statement, reflecting on the live-in-the-room recording process the musicians employed. “They have extreme presence… It felt like everyone’s nervous systems released. Once we were In the song, somehow we just knew.
- 1/17/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker is kicking off a new solo era. Today, she’s shared a new song titled “Ruined,” confirmed that a full solo album is on the way, and announced a run of European shows.
“Ruined” finds Lenker at the piano, laying down a steady march of reflective chords underneath an emotional vocal melody. As the dynamics build, she lays bare on the chorus: “So much comin’ through/ every hour or two/ Can’t get enough of you/ You come around I’m ruined.”
Speaking about the single, Lenker said: “This song has been a quiet beacon for me. It may contain the essence of the gift of romantic love but it’s mostly about something much bigger.” The song arrives alongside a music video utilizing shots of Lenker frolicking in autumnal foliage, directed by her brother, Noah Lenker. Watch it below.
Lenker has also announced that...
“Ruined” finds Lenker at the piano, laying down a steady march of reflective chords underneath an emotional vocal melody. As the dynamics build, she lays bare on the chorus: “So much comin’ through/ every hour or two/ Can’t get enough of you/ You come around I’m ruined.”
Speaking about the single, Lenker said: “This song has been a quiet beacon for me. It may contain the essence of the gift of romantic love but it’s mostly about something much bigger.” The song arrives alongside a music video utilizing shots of Lenker frolicking in autumnal foliage, directed by her brother, Noah Lenker. Watch it below.
Lenker has also announced that...
- 12/5/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Over the weekend, LLA3C returned for its second year, with an updated focus on the best of LA’s music, food, and film scenes. The festival unfolded in Dtla’s Historic Core from Friday, November 10, to Sunday, November 12, across four iconic venues: Theatre at the Ace Hotel, Los Angeles Theatre, Orpheum Theatre, and Palace Theatre, as well as various adjacent lots. LA3C brought together a wide range of artists, tastemakers, performers, and vendors to celebrate the uniqueness of LA.
Flying Lotus, the Friday headliner, kicked off the festival at the Ace Hotel with his distinctive visual projections, offering the audience a mesmerizing multisensory experience. A native of Los Angeles, he seamlessly blended elements of electronic, jazz, hip-hop, and experimental music with his unique sound that is defined by intricate beats, ethereal melodies, and unconventional song structures.
Erykah Badu, the Saturday headliner at the Orpheum, captivated the audience with her experimental visuals and influential,...
Flying Lotus, the Friday headliner, kicked off the festival at the Ace Hotel with his distinctive visual projections, offering the audience a mesmerizing multisensory experience. A native of Los Angeles, he seamlessly blended elements of electronic, jazz, hip-hop, and experimental music with his unique sound that is defined by intricate beats, ethereal melodies, and unconventional song structures.
Erykah Badu, the Saturday headliner at the Orpheum, captivated the audience with her experimental visuals and influential,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
LA3C, the Los Angeles music and food festival that launched last year, will return in November for a second edition that includes headliners Erykah Badu, Herbie Hancock and Oscar winner Questlove.
The three-day festival focusing on the best of L.A.’s music, food and film scenes, will take place November 10-12 in the downtown historic core across four venues: the Theatre at the Ace Hotel, the Los Angeles Theatre, the Orpheum Theatre and the Palace Theatre.
Badu will play at the Orpheum, while Hancock will jam at the Ace. They top a music lineup that includes Flying Lotus, Robert Glasper and Terrace Martin, Nick Hakim, Julie Byrne and John Carroll Kirby.
Additional performers include Kamasi Washington, Marc Rebillet, Sudan Archives, Fred Armisen, Lonnie Holley, Aja Monet, Pauli the Psm, Novena Carmel, Shabazz Palaces, Yrsa Daley-Ward, The Josh Craig, Acyde, Siobhan Bell, Kilo Kish, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Def Rain and Feels Like Floating.
The three-day festival focusing on the best of L.A.’s music, food and film scenes, will take place November 10-12 in the downtown historic core across four venues: the Theatre at the Ace Hotel, the Los Angeles Theatre, the Orpheum Theatre and the Palace Theatre.
Badu will play at the Orpheum, while Hancock will jam at the Ace. They top a music lineup that includes Flying Lotus, Robert Glasper and Terrace Martin, Nick Hakim, Julie Byrne and John Carroll Kirby.
Additional performers include Kamasi Washington, Marc Rebillet, Sudan Archives, Fred Armisen, Lonnie Holley, Aja Monet, Pauli the Psm, Novena Carmel, Shabazz Palaces, Yrsa Daley-Ward, The Josh Craig, Acyde, Siobhan Bell, Kilo Kish, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Def Rain and Feels Like Floating.
- 9/19/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Big Thief unveiled their brand new song “Vampire Empire” during a Tuesday night appearance on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
The band has been playing the song on their ongoing tour, and while a studio version does not yet exist, they “couldn’t wait until they got to the [Late Show] to give wider audiences a sneak peek.” Watch the replay below.
Big Thief are wrapping up their US tour with two New York City shows this week. Next month, they’ll kick off a run of shows in the UK and Europe, before returning to the US this summer for concerts with Lucinda Williams and Bill Callahan. Tickets to the band’s upcoming tour dates are available here.
Big Thief are touring in support of their 2022 album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You.
Big Thief 2023 Tour Dates:
03/01 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel #
03/02 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall #
04/05 – Gateshead,...
The band has been playing the song on their ongoing tour, and while a studio version does not yet exist, they “couldn’t wait until they got to the [Late Show] to give wider audiences a sneak peek.” Watch the replay below.
Big Thief are wrapping up their US tour with two New York City shows this week. Next month, they’ll kick off a run of shows in the UK and Europe, before returning to the US this summer for concerts with Lucinda Williams and Bill Callahan. Tickets to the band’s upcoming tour dates are available here.
Big Thief are touring in support of their 2022 album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You.
Big Thief 2023 Tour Dates:
03/01 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel #
03/02 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall #
04/05 – Gateshead,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Alex Young
- Consequence - Music
Nick Hakim seems to inherently understand the value of silence, of sparseness. The child of a Peruvian father and a Chilean mother, Hakim was born in Washington, D.C., and now resides in a quiet pocket of the Ridgewood neighborhood in Queens, New York, along the Brooklyn border. When we catch up over Zoom recently, he’s calm and composed, occasionally plinking his piano as he speaks. Near the end of our interview, the conversation veers toward legendary experimental composer John Cage. Hakim goes to his bookshelf, and shows me his copy of Silence,...
- 1/23/2023
- by E.R. Pulgar
- Rollingstone.com
We’ve reinvented our Songs You Need to Know franchise as a weekly playlist of the best new music — featuring the week’s biggest new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week we’ve got the triumphant return of Taylor Swift, as well as highlights from new albums by Carly Rae Jepsen and Tegan and Sara, as well as Roddy Rich, Smino, Jeezy and more. Check out the list, or cue it up on Spotify.
Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero” (youtube)
Lil Uzi Vert, “Just Wanna Rock” (youtube)
Arctic Monkeys,...
Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero” (youtube)
Lil Uzi Vert, “Just Wanna Rock” (youtube)
Arctic Monkeys,...
- 10/21/2022
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Issa Rae has unveiled the soundtrack for the next soundtrack to her Peabody-award-winning HBO series “Insecure,” which features new songs from Saweetie — “Get It Girl,” which dropped earlier this month — Nnena, Thundercat, B.K. Habermehl, TeaMarrr and Amindi, among many others. The full tracklist appears below.
“Insecure: Music From The HBO Original Series, Season 5” will arrive on Rae’s Atlantic-distributed label, Raedio, on Dec. 3.
Also, Nnena, Habermehl and TeaMarrr will perform on a special “Insecure”-themed NPR Tiny Desk concert that will air on Dec. 17.
Launched in 2019, Raedio serves artists and creators at the highest level as an “audio everywhere company,” according to its mission statement. The label also is a platform to align acts with film and television projects, commercials, podcasts, and other endeavors.
Nnena – Fun
Nick Hakim / Josh Levi – What’s The Use?
Thundercat – Satellite
Drew Love ft. Josh Levi – Snoring
Saweetie – Get It Girl
Jessie Boykins / Duckwrth / Ambre...
“Insecure: Music From The HBO Original Series, Season 5” will arrive on Rae’s Atlantic-distributed label, Raedio, on Dec. 3.
Also, Nnena, Habermehl and TeaMarrr will perform on a special “Insecure”-themed NPR Tiny Desk concert that will air on Dec. 17.
Launched in 2019, Raedio serves artists and creators at the highest level as an “audio everywhere company,” according to its mission statement. The label also is a platform to align acts with film and television projects, commercials, podcasts, and other endeavors.
Nnena – Fun
Nick Hakim / Josh Levi – What’s The Use?
Thundercat – Satellite
Drew Love ft. Josh Levi – Snoring
Saweetie – Get It Girl
Jessie Boykins / Duckwrth / Ambre...
- 11/22/2021
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Khruangbin have announced an extensive 2021 North American tour, as well as a few shows for 2022.
The Texas psych-rock outfit already had a handful of summer and fall shows booked, including festival sets at Newport Jazz and Bonnaroo, plus multi-night stands at Stubb’s in Austin, Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado, the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, and the Eastern in Atlanta (all of those shows have already sold out).
Khruangbin have scattered some new shows around those short residencies, including a September 22nd gig in Aspen, Colorado, a November 6th show in Santa Barbara,...
The Texas psych-rock outfit already had a handful of summer and fall shows booked, including festival sets at Newport Jazz and Bonnaroo, plus multi-night stands at Stubb’s in Austin, Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado, the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, and the Eastern in Atlanta (all of those shows have already sold out).
Khruangbin have scattered some new shows around those short residencies, including a September 22nd gig in Aspen, Colorado, a November 6th show in Santa Barbara,...
- 7/13/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
If you listen closely, you can hear the subtle sounds of sirens in the background of “Small Things 2,” the final track on Nick Hakim and Roy Nathanson’s collaborative album, Small Things. Much of the album was recorded before Covid shut down the music industry, but Hakim and Nathanson weren’t happy with a few of the takes, so they had to settle for collaborating over a distance, even though they lived a few miles apart in Brooklyn.
“I recorded the final vocals for that song on my birthday, at the beginning of June,...
“I recorded the final vocals for that song on my birthday, at the beginning of June,...
- 4/22/2021
- by T.M. Brown
- Rollingstone.com
Gabriel Garzón-Montano has released an Armando Young remix of “Someone,” featuring new vocals from Jamila Woods. The original track was included on Garzón-Montano’s album Agüita, released last fall.
“I’m grateful to be able to make such beautiful music with friends,” Garzón-Montano says of the remixed track. “Armando is a beast and Jamila is a monster so I was in the most loving hands. I’m honored to present this ‘Someone’ remix.”
Woods adds: “I’ve been a big fan of Gabriel for a while and it was so...
“I’m grateful to be able to make such beautiful music with friends,” Garzón-Montano says of the remixed track. “Armando is a beast and Jamila is a monster so I was in the most loving hands. I’m honored to present this ‘Someone’ remix.”
Woods adds: “I’ve been a big fan of Gabriel for a while and it was so...
- 2/9/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Nilüfer Yanya sings from 38,000 feet in the video for “Crash.” The track is off her upcoming EP Feeling Lucky? out December 11th via Ato Records.
Co-written and produced by Nick Hakim, the song’s video features Yanya as a flight attendant on board a plane. (Neck scarf? Check. Pilot wings? Check.) “If you ask me one more question, I’m about to crash,” she sings, braving turbulence and strumming the electric guitar.
“The video for ‘Crash’ takes place on a flight,” Yanya said in a statement. “Last year, doing a...
Co-written and produced by Nick Hakim, the song’s video features Yanya as a flight attendant on board a plane. (Neck scarf? Check. Pilot wings? Check.) “If you ask me one more question, I’m about to crash,” she sings, braving turbulence and strumming the electric guitar.
“The video for ‘Crash’ takes place on a flight,” Yanya said in a statement. “Last year, doing a...
- 10/20/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Former Vampire Weekend member Rostam Batmanglij — who records under the name Rostam — has dropped a new single “Unfold You,” accompanied by a video featuring Hari Nef.
Directed by Rostam, the video shows the duo meeting on Dune Shacks Trail in Massachusetts. They sit and stare at each other, and later dance in synchronized movements. “Might be taking a risk/But I’m Ok with it,” Rostam sings across a burning saxophone. “I’m Ok with it.”
“Hari and I found ourselves in the same quarantine pod in Massachusetts this past July,...
Directed by Rostam, the video shows the duo meeting on Dune Shacks Trail in Massachusetts. They sit and stare at each other, and later dance in synchronized movements. “Might be taking a risk/But I’m Ok with it,” Rostam sings across a burning saxophone. “I’m Ok with it.”
“Hari and I found ourselves in the same quarantine pod in Massachusetts this past July,...
- 10/14/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
My Morning Jacket, Brittany Howard, Emily King and more appear on Silence Is Not an Option, an Ato Records compilation out now.
The tracklist includes My Morning Jacket’s “I’m Amazed,” Drive-By Truckers’ “What It Means,” “Goat Head” by Brittany Howard, Black Pumas’ “Colors” and more. You can hear Emily King’s “See Me” here.
“Can you hear me now/Can you see me now,” King sings across a sparse acoustic guitar. “If I cry out loud/Will you believe me now?”
“Feeling so moved by this powerful time,...
The tracklist includes My Morning Jacket’s “I’m Amazed,” Drive-By Truckers’ “What It Means,” “Goat Head” by Brittany Howard, Black Pumas’ “Colors” and more. You can hear Emily King’s “See Me” here.
“Can you hear me now/Can you see me now,” King sings across a sparse acoustic guitar. “If I cry out loud/Will you believe me now?”
“Feeling so moved by this powerful time,...
- 6/19/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Will This Make Me Good, the second album from Brooklyn musician Nick Hakim, begins with the Earth on fire. Cities crumble, tides rise, and yet “All These Changes” is a climate catastrophe dirge that swaddles and rocks you with its bobbing guitar strum, sighing strings and Hakim’s own tender croon, which assures, “She’ll flood us out her heart is flaming/Pretty soon we’ll be underwater.” By the song’s end, the sea’s subsumed us, but the Earth has taken pity, allowed us to adapt and beat on through the current,...
- 5/14/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
New York City jazz outfit Onyx Collective have unveiled a starry-eyed take on the Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart classic, “Manhattan,” which will appear on their tribute to the Rodgers and Hart/Rodgers and Hammerstein songbook, Manhattan Special, out Friday, April 24th, via Tmwrk Records.
A New York City anthem since it arrived in 1925, “Manhattan” has been performed by everyone from Ella Fitzgerald and Tony Bennett to the Supremes and Rod Stewart and Bette Midler. On their version, Onyx Collective fold the song’s vintage Jazz Age charm into a...
A New York City anthem since it arrived in 1925, “Manhattan” has been performed by everyone from Ella Fitzgerald and Tony Bennett to the Supremes and Rod Stewart and Bette Midler. On their version, Onyx Collective fold the song’s vintage Jazz Age charm into a...
- 4/23/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Boricua band Buscabulla have dropped a brand new video for their gauzy disco cut, “Nte.” It is the second single off their upcoming full-length debut, Regresa, out May 8th on Ribbon Music.
“Nte” stands for “No Te Equivoques,” or “Don’t Get It Wrong.” Directed by Chris Gregory-Rivera and filmed by Frank Elias on 16mm film, the video was shot at sunset over the waterfront in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Backed by a full funk band, frontwoman Raquel Berrios sings matter-of-factly in a luxe blond wig and orange shades: “You want...
“Nte” stands for “No Te Equivoques,” or “Don’t Get It Wrong.” Directed by Chris Gregory-Rivera and filmed by Frank Elias on 16mm film, the video was shot at sunset over the waterfront in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Backed by a full funk band, frontwoman Raquel Berrios sings matter-of-factly in a luxe blond wig and orange shades: “You want...
- 3/4/2020
- by Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
Not long after the London-based singer Nilüfer Yanya signed with an American label in 2017, she ran headlong into a creative wall. “Knowing that whatever I wrote might be on the album, that put a block on my head,” she explains. At first she responded to the pressure with perverse logic. “Knowing that as soon as I write a song, it either is gonna be good enough or not good enough — guess I’ll just not write anything then,” she reasoned.
Thankfully, that period didn’t last long, and Yanya’s debut album,...
Thankfully, that period didn’t last long, and Yanya’s debut album,...
- 4/4/2019
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
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