Last year, Los Angeles musician Andy Schiaffino released their third album as body / negative, everett. They’re about to head out on tour with Midwife (who contributed to some songs on everett) and Vyva Melinkolya, and today body / negative has shared a couple covers, which will be included on a limited-edition tape available on the ro...

We’re coming up on the 20th anniversary of Elliott Smith’s death, and the man’s life and career are increasingly fading into the mythic mists. So it can be a little shocking to be reminded of a day when Elliott Smith was a musician who was trying to make a living during a ridiculous time in American life. Case in po...

Next month, the California singer-songwriter Shannon Lay will follow up her 2021 album Geist with the new LP Covers, Vol. 1. It’s exactly what it says on the package. On the album, Lay takes on songs from people like the Velvet Underground, Arthur Russell, Vashti Bunyan, and Ty Segall. We’ve already posted Lay’s ver...

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Kenny Becker’s LA-based Goon released their Elliott Smith-esque Paint By Numbers, Vol. 1 EP in February with the promise of a second volume eventually. Before that happens, Goon are dropping a completely separate EP. In response to the Supreme Court’s imminent reversal of Roe v. Wade, the band has released their Six Covers EP...