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Flamy Grant -- Bible Belt Baby

Flamy Grant -- Bible Belt Baby

It’s really criminal of me to have taken so long to write Flamy Grant’s Bible Belt Baby up. It came out almost a year ago, and every time I sat down to write about it, I drew a blank. This is a Christian roots rock album by a

INTERVIEW: Rachel Garlin Just Does It

INTERVIEW: Rachel Garlin Just Does It

San Francisco’s Rachel Garlin can find inspiration from the unlikeliest places. Her recent The Ballad of Madelyne & Therese is a 13-song cycle about two lovers in New York in the 1940s. The project is rooted from an off-the-cuff “shitty first draft” of a song and is now both

Rainbow Ruckus 8/1: Shadwick Wilde, Jobi Riccio, Anjimile, and More!

Rainbow Ruckus 8/1: Shadwick Wilde, Jobi Riccio, Anjimile, and More!

You go away on your honeymoon for two weeks and the queer cowpokes keep cranking out amazing music! What the hell!!! That’s only a good thing, and our Rainbow Ruckus column will be a little bit longer for the next few weeks to make sure we’re all caught

OPINION: On Tyler Childers and Queer Tragedy

OPINION: On Tyler Childers and Queer Tragedy

I’ve been thinking a lot about the evolution of allyship to LGBTQ people and representations of us. I had a friend who posted on social media a decade ago that so-called allies care more about marriage equality than queer folks. I agreed, as did many other LGBTQ people I

INTERVIEW: Your Heart Breaks Works Hard to Build Space For All Fans

INTERVIEW: Your Heart Breaks Works Hard to Build Space For All Fans

With the release of their monumental The Wrack Line, Your Heart Breaks (a.k.a. Clyde Petersen) demonstrates their careful observation of a life well-lived. The song is a collection of collaborations, chronicling Petersen’s misadventures in the freak fold world. Petersen is also an accomplished filmmaker, and in our

INTERVIEW: Keturah Allgood Finds the Light In Us All

INTERVIEW: Keturah Allgood Finds the Light In Us All

Keturah Allgood may have grown up in North Carolina, but her music gives off plenty of West Coast vibes. Allgood, as she explains in her interview, is heavily influenced by the Grateful Dead and this gives her music — especially her latest single, “Radio” — an expansive feeling. Whether it’s an

Rainbow Ruckus 7/25: Chris Housman, Jenny Owen Youngs, Lydia Loveless, and More!

Rainbow Ruckus 7/25: Chris Housman, Jenny Owen Youngs, Lydia Loveless, and More!

You go away on your honeymoon for two weeks and the queer cowpokes keep cranking out amazing music! What the hell!!! That’s only a good thing, and our Rainbow Ruckus column will be a little bit longer for the next few weeks to make sure we’re all caught