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“I’m really hoping this is my year.  I’m hoping for some more tours…  I’m really trying to put out as much new music as possible in 2025,” says LA-based, 19-year-old folk/Americana/pop artist Cloe Wilder.  However, she’s already got some touring under her belt, with a European tour supporting Spencer...

“I think this is the first time I had a unanimous reaction overall from both audience and press…  I wish I would have done this album years ago.  I feel like I’m stepping into a place that really defines me on many levels,” says Tunisian-American singer/songwriter Emel Mathlouthi (better...

“It’s like a sleepover party every night!” jokes Morgan St. Jean about her current tour, which kicked off last night in Washinton DC and will find the feminist pop artist playing a rare all-ages show at our very own Kung Fu Necktie this Friday, February 28th.  The jaunt has...

Lauren Mayberry’s Vicious Creature Tour is highly competitive.  It’s currently in competition for Most Wall-to-Wall Bangers in a Headlining Set, Most Tear-Inducing Cover (a timely take on The Verve’s “Bitter Sweet Symphony”), and Most Impressive Solo Performance From Someone in a Huge Band of 2025.  Although the CHVRCHES frontwoman...

“I do a lot of thinking about when people come to a Molly Grace show, like ‘What do I want them to take away from it?’  The goal is for people to feel empowered,” says the Nashville-based, always sparkling, queer pop artist, before quickly clarifying that it’s just as...

Last March, the God’s Watching Tour had emerging alt-pop heroine Ari Abdul (alongside Isabel LaRosa) headlining The Foundry.  At the time, Ari was touring behind 2023 sophomore EP CCTV, the follow-up to the previous year’s Fallen Angel, which featured debut and breakthrough single, “BABYDOLL.”  A year and a handful...

Rachel Bochner is currently our phavorite burgeoning queer pop icon in the making.  We’ve been Twitter mutuals for a little while and I found out recently that she’s besties with likeminded queer pop phenom Xana, who we got to know earlier this year.  The two actually played Philthy mini...

“Hausu and Japanese horror were really big inspirations for Squeeze, whereas for the new one it was Thelma & Louise, denim, and big ‘80s hair,” Sasami Ashworth, better known mononymously as SASAMI, tells me of her upcoming third solo LP (She’s a former member of Cherry Glazerr.), Blood on...

“There’s choreography, I have a lot of crowd work, I love feeling like I’m the vibe captain, bringing people together and facilitating energy,” says burgeoning queer pop star MARIS, who’s currently nearing the end of a tour supporting NYC indie-soul group Melt, which will have her at our very...